Konya, the City of the Whirling Dervishes

1 Feb 2010

Konya, in Central Anatolia is one of Turkey’s more religiously devout cities and is best known for being the city where the 13th century, Persian poet and mystic, Rumi spent most of his life.

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Mevlana Museum/Mausoleum of Rumi, known fully as Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-Rumi.

Following Rumi’s death, his followers founded the Order of the Whirling Dervishes.

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One of the many mosques found in Konya.

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Posted by Ivan on Monday, February 1, 2010 at 7:00 AM | 0 TrackBacks

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2 Comments

All the pictures from Turkey make me want to go and visit!

Are you in the US now?

Rohan | February 1, 2010 6:49 PM | Reply

You should mate, it's such a beautiful country with the most hospitable people.

I was in the US just over a week ago, I'm in Canada now.

Ivan | February 3, 2010 7:32 AM | Reply

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