| Turkish: Mevlevi Dergahi | |
 Seal of the Mevlevi | |
| Abbreviation | Mevlevi |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1273; 749 years ago[1] |
| Founder | Veled |
| Founded at | Seljuk Sultanate |
| Type | Dervish order |
| Headquarters | Konya, Turkey |
Membership | ca. 2,000 as of 2015[2] |
Makam Chalabi (Chief Master) | Faruk Hemdem |
| Rumi | |
Main organ | Diyanet |
| Mevlevi Sema Ceremony | |
|---|---|
 Hodjapasha Culture Center is a restored Ottoman hamam (Turkish bath) in Istanbul's Sirkeci district now used for performances of the Mevlevi (whirling dervish) sema. | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Reference | 100 |
| Region | Europe, Asia and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2008 (3rd session) |
The Mevlevi Order or Mawlawiyya (Turkish: Mevlevilik; Persian: طریقت مولویه) is a Sufi order that originated in Konya, Turkey (formerly capital of the Sultanate of Rum) and which was founded by the followers of Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet, Sufi mystic, and theologian.[3] The Mevlevis are also known as the "whirling dervishes" due to their famous practice of whirling while performing dhikr (remembrance of God). Dervish is a common term for an initiate of the Sufi path; whirling is part of the formal sema ceremony and the participants are properly known as semazens.[4]
In 2005, UNESCO confirmed "The Mevlevi Sema Ceremony" as amongst the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.[5]
- ^ "sufism [Sufism]". www.sufism.org. 22 November 2003.
- ^ "middle east eye;".
- ^ Julia Scott Meisami, Forward to Franklin Lewis, Rumi Past and Present, East and West, Oneworld Publications, 2008 (revised edition)
- ^ Gölpınarlı, Abdülbâki (2017). Mevlevî Âdâb ve erkâni. İnkılap Kitabevi.
- ^ "The Mevlevi Sema Ceremony". UNESCO. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.