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Mevlevihane Museum (Antalya Mevlevi Lodge)

Name: Mevlevihane Museum (Antalya Mevlevi Lodge)
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Schapp u. die Kegelrobbe🏃🦭🌲🌞🇩🇪

August 2, 2023

Beautiful city for strolling and shopping

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Stephan N

August 20, 2025

The Mevlevi Lodge building in Kaleiçi, one of the most touristy areas of Antalya and the Turkish capital, dates back to the Seljuk period. There is no memorial plaque, but it is believed to have been built by Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad in 1255 and used as a Mevlevi Lodge in the 16th century. The museum is a complex of buildings that includes the Mevlevi Lodge, the bath, and the tombs of Zincirkıran Mehmet Bey and Nigar Hatun. Inside, information panels about the Mevleviye, visualizations, clothing, and various Mevleviye goods are on display. The building also hosts events such as courses on Islamic philosophy and ideas, lectures on Mesnevi and Divan, seminars, Sufi music concerts, and whirling ceremonies. In the section known as the Mevlevi Lodge, the domed main room served as a venue for whirling ceremonies. Six rooms near this area were used by the Mevlevi dervishes. The construction date of the Mevlevi Lodge Bath is unknown, but a glance at the plan and dimensions suggests that the building was built in the 13th century as a "palace bath" to serve a special group of people. It was not formerly a public bath, but only began to be used as a Mevlevi Lodge Bath during the Ottoman period. One of the buildings in the complex is the tomb of Nigar Hatun, the mother of Sultan Korkut, son of the 2nd Beyazıt. The other tomb, dating from 1377, was built by Mehmet Bey, nicknamed Zincikıran because he conquered the city of Antalya by breaking the chain in the harbor. Also buried in the tomb are his son Mehmed Bey and Mustafa Dede Efendi, the sheikh of the Mevlevi Lodge of Antalya.
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turkishmuseums.com/museum/detail/1952-antalya-mevlevi-lodge-museum/1952/4

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Peter62

February 21, 2023

If you walk uphill past the Yivli Minaret to the right (unfortunately the mosque was closed) - past boards with information about Islam - you will find the Mawlawi Museum, which gives a brief impression of Sufi and Dervish culture. Also part of the complex are two small towers with tombs.

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