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In the mass consciousness, the rotating dervishes are entrenched as a symbol of Turkey, its visiting card . However, this is not just an attraction invented to attract tourists, but one of the real practices of the religious order of Sufism, which is more than eight centuries old . Sufism lost much of its social influence during the reign of Ataturk, when religious gatherings massively dispersed, and their participants went to forced labor . In those years, the Dervish brotherhood ceases to exist as but finally does not disappear, semi-underground keeping traditions . Later, the dervishes return as a cultural phenomenon, as a conductor between the modern world and the country's historical past and become incredibly popular in the tourist sphere . In 2011 . in the territory of one of the few dervish monasteries that have survived to this day, a museum of whirling dervishes opens .

In the museum of whirling dervishes, tourists have the opportunity not only to see their hypnotic dance personally, but also to get acquainted with the way of life of illustrious musul Manske monks.

Now tourists have the opportunity to not only witness the hypnotic dance of the dervishes, but also to get acquainted with the lifestyle of famous Muslim monks and religious underlying reason of their movement.

Who are the dervishes?

Dervishes are Muslim ascetic monks living in so-called tech communities . Dervishes do not have a property concept, because according to the current they preached, everything belongs to Allah . If the dervish possessed something , it was obliged to share it . But these monks became famous not for altruism and asceticism, they were made famous by traditional dance performed during religious events . Dervishes perform their dance dressed in long white dresses, an indispensable attribute on their heads is a high felt a new hat from camel wool . They close their eyes, raise their right palms up, slightly incline their heads and start to swirl around quickly . Mystical spectacle!

It is believed that during the whirling of the dervishes, the rotation of the planets in space and the human souls around God are personified

Description of the museum

The cloister in which the museum is now located is located in the center of a large flowering garden, serenity. The ground floor of the museum is an ornate hall intended for ritual dances, on the ground floor an exposition is organized that tells about the views, beliefs, as well as about the everyday life of dervishes, the living conditions of their life. The exhibition presents personal belongings of monks, musical instruments, costumes, and there is also a small exposition of calligraphy

Museum of whirling dervishes

Useful information

Address: Galip Dede Caddesi, 15.

Phone: +90 (212) . 349-11-14

E-mail: info@rumimevlevi.com

Hours: during the summer period from April 15 to November 1: 9:00 - 19:00 in the winter:. 9:00 - 17:00, ticket sales stop one hour before closing. The dance show of dervishes takes place on Sundays at 17:00, tickets are sold on the day of the ceremony

Input: 10 TRL.

In the museum of dervishes you will come, following the Istiklal Street from the Galata Tower. Turn to Galipdele Street and on the left side you will see the entrance to the monastery. In the Sultanahmet district it is most convenient to take a speed tram, then at the "Karakoy" stop you need to change to the funicular to Tunnel.


All prices are for November 2014