Nishapur, the one and only shining star of Khorasan, has been a city that has maintained its impor- tance in almost every period due to its location on the Silk Road. Vital conditions such as the fact that Mount Bīnālūd, on which it rests, provides superiority in protection against enemy attacks, that its slopes are suitable for agriculture, and that the necessary water is easily accessible, clinched this im- portance. Due to its geopolitical position, the city, which has increased the desire for sovereignty of many states, has come under the domination of different states, such as Sāsānids, Tāhirīds, Saffarids, Sāmānids, Ghaznavids, Seljūqs and Harzemshahs, which have dominated the city one after another, with a flow from the depths of history to the present. From the Ghaznavids, the city, which entered the process of Turkization by experiencing a cultural transformation, became the centre of madrasas during the Seljuk period, especially as a result of the developments in the field of education; it has turned into a home of knowledge where many scholars, ṣūfīs and poets are educated. Hacı Bektaş Veli, one of the well-established figures of the Turkish-Islamic understanding of ṣūfism, was also born in Nishapur; he received his first knowledge here from Luqman Perende, one of the caliphs of Hodja Aḥmad al-Yasawī, known as “Pīr-i Turkistan”. In this article, the geographical location, economic and demographic structure, political and cultural characteristics of Nishapur were discussed based on Kemal Derin’s novel Aşkın Hünkârı Hacı Bektaş Veli Şahdiz (Haci Bektash Veli the Sultan of Love), in which the life of Hacı Bektaş Veli was the subject, and how the city was reflected in the fictional environment was determined. As a result of the study, it was revealed that in the novel, which blends historical reality with the epic, Nishapur is one of the important cities where Hacı Bektaş Veli’s first information was acquired, the foundations of his identity and personality were laid, and his soul was shaped just like his body, beyond being a piece of geography, it was treated like a figure.