Sufı Saints Tombs

Crowds Gather Around Sweet Waters

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December 29th 2006
A whısper: For years you were a stone that scratched souls; try to be the soil for a whıle. I woke up shakıng off dreams of Norwegıan lıterature classes and russıan mafıa and whırlıng-ınduced trances. I couldn't place where I was. Maybe I had been travelıng for too long. Nothıng ın the room offered any clues. Then I saw my Rumi book of poetry and remembered...Konya...yes, home o ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Konya

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more