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Founded in 1615 by Cününi Ahmed Dede under the orders of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I, the Bursa Mevlevi Lodge, which was closed by law in 1925 and remained.
Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a week-long series of events and ceremonies that mark the death of the 13th-century Islamic poet, scholar and Sufi mystic J
KONYA, Turkey 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
Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a series of events and ceremonies that mark the death of the 13th-century Islamic poet, scholar and Sufi mystic Rumi.