Topic
Sufi Heritage
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14 pieces on this topic
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Person · Cappadocia
Haji Bektash Veli
Haji Bektash Veli, the 13th-century mystic from Khorasan revered by Alevis and Bektashis, whose lodge in Hacıbektaş is a museum on UNESCO's…
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Person · Konya
Shams Tabrizi
Shams Tabrizi, the wandering dervish who met Rumi in Konya in 1244 and turned him into a poet: his life, the legend…
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Person · Central Anatolia
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre, the 13th-century dervish poet who wrote of divine love in the everyday Turkish of Anatolia, and whose tomb at least…
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Place · Istanbul
Galata
More than a tower: Genoese walls, a Mevlevi lodge, bankers' stairs and the walk down to Karaköy, in one of Istanbul's most…