Rachael Kohn: Think of Turkey, and two things immediately come to mind: Turkish Delight and the Whirling Dervishes. Hello and welcome to The Ark. Today we're talking about the delightful Whirling ...

Editor's Note: Because the Dervishes do not speak English, Dervish Ahmet ?alisir's responses were translated from Turkish by Sena Arpinar, a member of the Istanbul Center in Atlanta. The Classic ...

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KONYA, Turkey (AP) — Every December, thousands of people make a pilgrimage to the central Turkish city of Konya for 10 days of ceremonies and events commemorating the death of the 13th-century Islamic ...

KONYA, Turkey -- Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a weeklong series of events and ceremonies that mark the death of the 13th-century Islamic poet, scholar ...

Led by a 22nd-generation descendant of Sufi mystic Mevl•na Jal•ludd®n Rumi, the Mevlevi Order of Whirling Dervishes brought their ancient ritual to a modern audience last Tuesday at Campbell Hall.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta traveled the world in search of the secrets to living better. See what he discovered on “Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta,” airing Saturdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Images of Turkey are ...

“How do you review a Dervish?” I tweeted semi-rhetorically last night as I headed off to Ted Mann Concert Hall to see the Whirling Dervishes of Rumi spin the light fantastic. I’m still not entirely ...

In this photo taken on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, whirling dervishes of the Mevlevi order perform during a Sheb-i Arus ceremony in Konya, central Turkey. Every December the Anatolian city hosts a series ...