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Mevlana Whirling Dervish Museum

Anatolian high plateau

April 29th 2015
We next travelled across the central Anatolian high plateau to the region of Cappadocia. On the way we stopped at Konya to visited the Mevlana Whirling Dervish Museum. This museums contains a mausoleum for the founder and other important members of the movement. Under Islamic law you can not depict people or animals in images so for decorations, designs are created using geometric shapes, colours ... read more
Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Konya

Turkish Flag 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
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