The Historian · Zeynep · Istanbul
Galata Mevlevi Lodge
The dervishes were banned in 1925; this lodge kept the memory. I send people here, never to the hotel shows.
The oldest Mevlevi (whirling dervish) lodge in the city, from 1491, now a museum of Sufi life with real sema nights.
— Zeynep, The Historian
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