On the northern hill is the monastery ?sa bTepe/b, a 19th century house. The entire island is lively and colourful, with many restaurants, bhotels/b, tea houses and shops. There are very big well-kept houses, trim gardens, and pine groves, b...../b The Mevlevi Lodge which was built as a complex contained rooms and spaces for pray chanting, bdervish/b cells, the quarters of the master (şeyh), special prayer (namaz) area for the Sultan, the section for the female members, library, ...
It was where the Sufi mystic, Celaleddin Rumi, (Mevlana or "our master") graced the court of Alaaddin Keykubat I, the Sultan of Rum and initiated the peculiar whirling dervish ceremony in an effort to seek spiritual union with the ...
