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.

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, 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.

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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 - 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 ("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 ...

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.

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