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Detour to Konya
This was day 6th of our tour, next on the itinerary is Cappadocia, but we did a detour first to the town of Konya. It was a long drive, around 3 hours with 2 rest stops.
We arrived in Konya just around lunch time, Konya is an extremely old city, its roots going back to the days of the Hitties, who called it Kuwanna. It is now the most religiously conservative city in Turkey – ...
A Question For You.....
... group in Turkey was another - especially one that is focused on getting in touch with the locals as I tend to hide behind the camera in my comfort zone and not be part of the action. This morning I think I took a further step toward that but taking the opportunity to get up at 3:30am to be part of a small group of us going up in a hot air balloon for 90 minutes over the Cappadocia Valley. SO amazing! It had been raining for two ...
On the road again
... They are very nice people but I really miss Son and Cindy. What sweet and thoughtful people!
So we headed west to Konya which is famous for it's whirling Dervishes. Mevlana Sufism is a sect that was formed. Rumi, a sultanate of Rum, became an Islamic scholar, poet and leader. This group is a conservative group with mystics. They whirl to be closer to Allah. In the Sufi temple ...
Underground City
... stopped at the Alaeddin Mosque. The mosque started as a Christian Basilica and was converted in the 11th century to a mosque using material from a nearby church and other Byzantine buildings. In the 13th century a large room supported by 42 columns was added. Now there are numerous steel supports throughout the building to help prevent it collapsing from the many earthquakes the region ...
Pottery, Caravansary, and More Sufis
... of the smaller Islamic sects all non mainstream Islamic religions were banned by law and remain officially banned today. As a result of the ban some Sufi mosques were voluntarily converted to museums or learning centers in an attempt to stay within the law and maintain their history. The Mevlana Sufi sect converted their main mosque to a museum to conform to the law.
The museum was very busy when we were there and a lot of people seemed deeply moved by being ...
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