Highlights for travelers include the Mevlana Museum, the Mevlana Cultural Center – where daily Sema rituals take place – and the beautiful Alâeddin Mosque.

Pilgrimage place: Rumi's tomb is located in Konya's Mevlana Museum, which is popular with both Muslim pilgrims and non-Muslim visitors to the city.

KONYA - People who read the novels "Bab-i Esrar" and "Aşk" are coming to Konya to visit the places that are featured in the novels. These popular novels feature Mevlana, a philosopher and Muslim ...

The Mevlana Museum The origins of the Mevlâna Museum trace back to a “Rose Garden” once owned by Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Kayqubad, who bestowed it upon Rumi’s father, Baha’uddin Walad.

KONYA, Turkey A museum in central Turkey dedicated to the 13th-century Muslim mystic poet Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi hosted a record of nearly 3.5 million visitors in 2019.

A three-star in a prime position opposite the Mevlâna Museum, with smart rooms, restaurant, sauna and Turkish bath, and free Wi-Fi (352 1121; rumihotel.com; doubles from £55). Rixos Konya £££ ...

Konya is the centre of Turkey’s carpet trade and provides locally made carpets and rugs, prized for their luxurious wool, at much cheaper prices than in Istanbul.

Entrance to Rumi’s Tomb and the Mevlana MuseumThe Mevlana Museum is the reason why most tourists go to Konya. A centrally located attraction, it draws as many locals as it does tourists.

Fotoğraf: Ayse Sensoy KONYA, TURKEY - JUNE 26: Whirling dervishes perform the Sema during an inter-university meeting at Mevlana Museum in the central Turkish city of Konya, Turkey on June 26, 2014.

The Mevlana museum ("our master", a title given to Rumi) in Konya -- which houses his tomb -- was the most visited museum in Turkey with 2.43 million visitors, well ahead of Topkapi museum (1.46 ...