Some call them a secret brotherhood, others refer to them as a spiritual mystery. The Mevlevis – or “Whirling Dervishes” – themselves acknowledge that their devotion blurs the line between physical ...

KONYA, Turkey (AP) — Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a weeklong series of events and ceremonies that mark the death of the 13th-century Islamic poet, ...

In Leilat El-Tagali El-Mawlawy (The Night of Mevlevi Transfiguration), Hussein Soliman, head of the Egyptian Mevlevi Order, creates a sacred atmosphere. He invites everyone to explore their inner ...

In this episode of Explore Türkiye, we travel to Konya to uncover its rich layers of history, Seljuk architecture, and the spiritual depth of the Mevlevi Dervish Sema ceremony. Konya, a city steeped ...

Galata Mevlevi Museum, The Galata Mevlevi Museum, also known as the Galata Mawlavi House, is one of the top things to do in Istanbul for two reasons. Galata Mevlevi is the world’s foremost museum on ...

Ibrahim Gamard is a California-based sheikh of the Sufi Mevlevi order and has spent his life translating the poetry of the 13th-century Sufi mystic, Rumi. Murtazali Dugrichilov of RFE/RL's North ...

A pin-drop silence hangs over the auditorium in Konya’s İrfa cultural centre, broken softly by a reed flute solo as lilting and melodious as a call to prayer. A dozen men file onto the stage in tall, ...