Ebru Marbling Class Student From Germany January 2018

Turkish Baklava Making Lesson Istanbul. We teach our students from the beginning how to make the proper Turkish Baklava. Date: Available All Year Long Time: Time is flexible but suitable at 10:30 or late afternoons Duration : 3 – 4 Hours Baklava is a rich, sweet pastry featured in many cuisines of the former Ottoman […]

Women in Mevlevi Tradition: Can a Woman Become a Whirling Dervish? The Mevlevi order, with its deep roots in the Ottoman Empire, is a mystical order that continues to influence people today. One of the most well-known rituals of this order is the Sema ceremony. Sema is a form of dance that symbolizes the rotation […]

The Mevlevi Order has for seven centuries offered spiritual training based on the principles of Sufism. It is a rigorous path of initiation and service continually adapting itself to changing circumstances and times. The Mevlevi Order traces back to Mevlâna Jalâluddîn Rumi (d. 1273) one of the greatest mystics and poets the world has ever […]