Bektashi Muslims make up about 10% of the Muslims in the country, according to the last census. It wasn't immediately clear how the order would legally be granted sovereignty.

The Bektashi Order, making up about 10% of Albania's Muslims, reportedly will receive sovereignty similar to that of the Vatican, governing religious and administrative issues independently of Albania ...

The Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order could be the world's next country.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama plans to transform Tirana’s Sufi Bektashi Muslims into a sovereign state to promote ‘moderation, tolerance and peaceful co-existence’.

The Bektashi Order, making up about 10% of Albania’s Muslims, welcomed the move as a step toward global religious tolerance. The order planned to operate independently, similar to the Vatican.