Region: transcontinental country, located mostly on Anatolia in Western Asia and on East Thrace in outheastern Europe. Area Total: 783,562 km2 Coast Line: Black Sea, The Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea Capital: ANKARA
Konya
Mevlana Jalal al-din Rumi and more popularly in the English-speaking world simply as Rumi (30 September 1207 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Iranians, Turks, Afghans, Tajiks, and other Central Asian Muslims as well as the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy in the past seven centuries.
Tomb of Mevlana in Mevlana Museum
Tombs of Dervishes in Mevlana Museum
The mosque and shrine of Shams Tabrizi
Shams Tabrizi (11851248) was a Persian Muslim, who is credited as the spiritual instructor of Mevlana Jalal al-din Rumi, also known as Rumi and is referenced with great reverence in Rumis poetic collection, in particular "The Works of Shams of Tabriz". Tradition holds that Shams taught Rumi in seclusion in Konya for a period of forty days, before fleeing for Damascus. The tomb of Shams Tabrizi was recently nominated to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Shams Tabrizi mosque and shrine - interior
Mevlana Museum
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