Every December, crowds flock to Konya to commemorate Rumi and watch the Whirling Dervishes perform their iconic dance. The dance is performed in a symbolic costume of white robes and a conical hat ...

Konya is also known as the home of the Mevlevi order, the Sufi sect that follows the teachings of Rumi, often called whirling dervishes, due to their distinctive spinning prayer known as Sema.

On to Konya, where a striking display by whirling dervishes was the most interesting part of the journey, with information ...