Konya, Turkey Travel Blogs

whirling and twirling...
Dec 12, 2007 (20 photos)

... world.  He was born in Afghanistan but his father took him on this long trek over to and around Turkey, eventually settling in Konya.  Mevlana's most quoted phrase which you may know is...".come, come whoever or whatever you are...and (I'm going ...

Happy Birthday to Rumi...
Dec 10, 2007 (24 photos)

... oil pipeline in Iraq gets invaded by these five Turkish guys who are trying to turn on the right valve to direct oil to Turkey.  They say they believe they really have more right to the Iraqi oil fields than the Americans.  And of course, the ...

Rumi and the Sema
Jun 4, 2008 (15 photos)

... .  Rumi, with his father, mother, and family headed west before Genghis, trying to avoid his violence. Rumi eventually settled in Konya, after travels around the Middle East and realizing:   Why should I seek? I am the same as He. His ...

The Ups and Downs of Travel
Oct 29, 2005 (10 photos)

... city and many very religious people live here; alcohol is not sold in stores or restaurants. (Interestingly, Konya produces more beer than any city in Turkey - they just don't sell it here!) We saw lots of women (more than usual) wearing the traditional ...

Konya
Sep 26, 2008 (9 photos)

We had heard that Konya is the heart of the so-caled ''Koran Belt'' of Turkey, and we expected a traditional Middle-Eastern city with all its stereotypes. But we were very wrong- Konya is very modern, in fact during our dolmus (minibus) ride in the evening ...

Just passing through
Mar 20, 2006 (2 photos)

... , not just because I look like a total dag and can't tie a headscarf properly!), particularly in the Melvana museum, which is Konya's biggest attraction. Apparently Muslims from all over come to see it, so I suspect a few of the people in there are from ...

Konya
Jun 12, 2008 (8 photos)

Konya was another one-night stop on our way to the central region of Turkey.  Although it wasn't planned when we set out on this trip, it turned out to be a great place to spend the night. A little history for you - Celaleddin Rumi was ...

travel day
Mar 17, 2009 (2 photos)

... etc. it was fascinating...maybe I will sit in the front more often? so today we traveled along the ancient "silk road" toward Konya. The landscape changed...as did the weather, now we have snow. They do not grow olives and oranges here now it is sugar ...

Konya
Oct 22, 2008 (5 photos)

... in Gülhane in Istanbul. Many of the mosques, such as the Alaettin Mosque, lack domes and have perpendicular walls. Konya is a better organized version of the Eminonu Municipality of Istanbul. I like etliekmek (similar to Turkish pizza) ...

Days 7 & 8 - I Lose Track of All Time & Place
Jul 7, 2009 (4 photos)

... everyone in town is invited. The parties last for three days, with the final day being the wedding. When people get married in Turkey, it’s the same as in Europe: a civil ceremony plus a religious ceremony. We left Guzelyurt too soon for me. I would ...

conservative Konya
Apr 26, 2007 (3 photos)

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Sorry about the spellıng
May 8, 2009

... in a rental car. This has allowed us to stop to explore holes in the ground, chase storks across the steppes of central Turkey, eat at local doners (restaurants), and get lost wıthout the ability to communicate. Overall, lots of fun. Last night we stayed in ...

Two weeks down!
Jul 7, 2006 (4 photos)

Here are a few pictures of what has happened so far. Not much has come out of the ground yet. Although they did find a skeleton that appears to have been bound into the fetal position before being buried beneath the floor of the house. The remains of a ...

Travel to Konya
Jun 10, 2006

left resort. toured ruins of Pega. "Musa" (Moses)

Konya 2
May 20, 2008 (4 photos)

... about the earthquake ın chına, whıch ıs ınterestıng.  ı assume the ınterest stems from turkey's own sıtuatıon on several volatıle fault lınes. tonıght i leave konya and get on an overnıght bus to Olymopos, a world herıtage sıte and apparently where prometheus stole ...

Konya
May 19, 2008 (3 photos)

... part of hıs lıfe and ıs burıed.  there's a mosque and museum dedıcated to the order and the cıty ıs a place of pılgrammage.  konya was descrıbed to me as beıng relıgıous and tradıtıonal but so far ı've seen the mıx of tradıtıon and more western secularısm ı saw ın ...

Dawdling through Turkey
Sep 23, 2003 (1 photos)

... the baddies for hundreds of years. Visited Sileme where Luke's mum lived in Star Wars. Earthquake prone Ilhara Valley also very pleasant. England v Turkey. Spent this one in our local (a resturant) to keep out of the way of the Aussies. We may have had a ...

Traditional Turkish night
Jun 16, 2006 (5 photos)

... combination! And they were very generous with their vodka! :) The show for the night was that of a wedding ceremony in Turkey. The dancers, including the bride and groom came on the dance floor and performed the traditional way, which a girl gets ...

Day in Konya
Jun 11, 2006

Tour city of Konya. Toured Rumi's Tomb. Dinner at School.

Back on site
Jul 21, 2006 (4 photos)

I have been back on site now for a week. Things are still going well, and I am on track to finish my data collection by the end of the summer. I am just over half way done and still have 4 weeks left. The site is getting more and more crowded by the ...

The gas smell test
Sep 7, 2007

... feel comfortable in this town and we left.  I am sure, however that this town is very safe (as is nearly all of Turkey).  I have been told people will go to jail for 5 years for stealing or even just getting into a fight.  Plus the Turksh ...

You Spim Me Right Round
Sep 20, 2005 (2 photos)

... in the ground. I thought I would share that with you. From pricey toilets we then drove for a few hours to Konya, the religious capital of Turkey. With a population of over 1,000,000 and sitting at an altitude of 1016m, Konya is devoutly Muslim and a ...

Whirling Dance of Turkish Dervish
Oct 25, 2009

... , twirling around in a ritual dance.  So, to be able to watch this dance in its real environment prompted our trip to Konya.  We arrived on the bus from Cappadocia and caught the tram to the downtown area, a distance of about 14 km.  We ...

Stopover on the way to see fairy chimneys
Apr 30, 2008 (3 photos)

Not too much to say. Took an overnight bus from Pamukkale after realising there wasn't much to do there and that we didn't want to stay the night. Hardly any tourists around, so Matt likes it, very cheap kebabs. We thought 1.50 was cheap....u can ...

Moving on after 5 lazy days in Olympos
Oct 8, 2009 (6 photos)

... of low tables, sooo lazy. i wish i could bring them home. even chris is getting a tan. no joke! anyhow we are in konya now and will stay one night before going on to cappadoccia. this city is very conservative and probably if you're a girl you shouldn't ...

Konya
Dec 25, 2006 (13 photos)

... nbsp;the Whirling Dervish on their home turf. Upon arriving we found that you cannot, in fact, see the Whirling Dervish in Konya on a daily, or even weekly, basis, as I had previously anticipated and hoped. Only during the Mevlana Festival, which ended a ...

Turkish Delight
Mar 17, 2008 (26 photos)

... huge stone mushrooms and fairy chimneys in deep valleys riddled with ancient cave dwellings and monasteries. In central Turkey we journeyed to Konya famous for its Mevlana Museum-once a Seljuk church of the whirling dervishes.  The church has a ...

The 640 KM Ride to Pamukkale
Jul 25, 2008 (3 photos)

Took Us 10 hours to Pamukkale

Konya
Jun 3, 2008 (4 photos)

6/4 Konya was just a quick lunch stop for us between Egirdir and Goreme. It is the fourth largest city in Turkey and not very attractive. It is in a dry valley surrounded by mountains reminding me of Las Vegas. The city has one big attraction - it is ...

out of thıs world
Apr 15, 2007

what a balloon rıde !