This article is about scrutinization of portrait of Hacı Bektas Veli in Kemal Derin’s novel titled Şahdiz, Haci Bektas Veli-Sultan of Love. In the study, we firstly mentioned about structural elements of the novel, and then, questioned what kind of character was created between history, menqıba (religious tale) and fiction, within the scope of features of biographical novel. Thus, we aimed that one of reception ways of Haci Bektas Veli is enlightened. It was seen that the word “Şahdiz” in the title of novel is of a symbol function in understanding ideologic dimension of the fictionalized Bektas character in the context of name-content relationship. Author generated his work around documents and narrations about Haci Bektas Veli within the scope of features of biographical novel. Ideological dimension of Bektas character in the novel is constituted by author’s choices made by him while he was fictioning historical hero. From this point of view, key feature which characterizes Haci Bektas Veli is that he is fictionalized as Ismaili dai instead of Yasawi dervish. In addition, organic bond between Haci Bektas Veli and Ahmad Yasawi in collective memory was broken together with historical and legendary resources, and instead of this, a new link was forged between Bektas and Seyyidina (Hassan Sabbah) through novels of castles of Alamut and Sahdiz. Therefore, it was detected that the novel was a text that spoils/refictionalizes historical reality and that narrates a fictional hero’s life story beyond being a biographical novel which reflects historical reality.