The International Mevlana Foundation was founded in Istanbul in 1996 to encourage research about scholar and poet Mevlâna Celâleddin-i Rûmi. The Foundation operates from the Yenikapi Monastery. Read more about Yenikapi Mevlevi Monastery - Mevlevihane
Silivrikapi Mevlana Cultural Center was found by Contemporary Lovers of Mevlana Association, under the leadership of its Spiritual Master Hasan Dede (Cikar). Read more about Silivrikapi Mevlana Cultural Center
*** CLOSED FOR RENOVATION *** The 18th century Mevlevi Monastery is one of the only functioning Dervish lodges in the city. It is also home to the Museum of Divan Literature. Read more about Galata Mevlevi Monastery-Mevlevihane
Whirling Dervishes or the Mevlevi Order was founded by Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi in the 13th century. Read more about HodjaPasha Whirling Dervishes
Mevlana Education & Culture Group organizes Mevlevi music concerts and the sema ceremonry every Sunday at 6 pm at the Muammer Karaca Tiyatrosu (theater) on Istiklal Street. Read more about Mevlana Education and Culture Society
Dances of Colours hosts regular Sufi music concerts and whirling dervish performances at the Press Museum in Sultanahmet.
The Whirling Dervish ceremony is a highly spiritual celebration of existence, performed by members of the Mawlawi Order, a branch of the Sufi order which was founded in the 13th century in the Turkish city of Konya.
Dancers are clad in white gowns with full skirts which billow out as they whirl. They also wear black capes and tall brown felt caps as a symbol of death, the grave and the tombstone. There is a fine selection of quality venues offering whirling dervish ceremonies in Istanbul.
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