Konya Turkey

Konya Turkey

The city is located in the middle of Turkey. But Konya has airport for your visits. If you like to visit the city, there are many bus lines which are coming to here. But if you have limited time, you should prefer airplane. If you join join one of our Konya Tour, our local tour guide will help you to safe your time and give you a lot of information about city and turkish culture.

Konya is one of the most ancient settlements of Turkey. The results of excavations in Catalhöyük, Karahöyük, Cukurkent and Kucukoy show that the city was inhabited as far back as the Neolithic Period (Late Stone Age) of BC 7000. Other settlers of the city before Islam were; the Calcolitic Period (Copper Age) civilizations, Bronze Age civilizations, Hittites, Frigians, Lidians, Persians, Romans and finally Byzantines.

It is called city of Mevlana as well.

One of the most important places to visit in Konya is Mevlana’s Mausoleum, the mystic poet on the way of sufism and the founder of the Whirling Dervish.

Places to visit in Konya;

Karatay Medrese

Alaaddin Keykubat

Ince Minare Mosque (Thin Minaret)

Tropical Butterflies Park

Dervish, Sufi, Islam, Sema and Rumi

The dance of the Whirling Dervishes, also known as the Sema, originated in the 13th century in Konya which is located in the middle of Turkey. This perfomance is performed by Semazens (Whirlers) that belong to the Mevlevi sect of the Sufi. The Sema began from the influence of turkish culture and the inspiration of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi Who came from Horosan and settled in Konya city in Turkey.

When Rumi passed away in 1273, the Mevlevis practiced prayer in a whirling manner fashioned by Rumi’s son, Sultan Veled, based on the movements of his father. The movements remained virtually uninterrupted until the overthrow of the Ottoman Empire, too.

If you want to join one of these performances, please let us to know.