International Mevlana Foundation

[Ibrahim]

Dear Fatima/Evin, Selam, Welcome to the discussion group! Nice to hear from you. I believe I have met you at the International Mevlana Foundation building in Konya. Thanks for posting the link to the Foundation website, as well as an invitation for visiting the Foundation--a wonderful place that I have been visiting every December during the last years since it opened (in May, 2011).  This is a small building just outside of the rear exit turn styles of the Mevlana Museum. After exiting, turn right and walk toward the street and you will see a building on the left with the name, "Uluslararisi (International) Mevlana Vakif (Foundation)". Visitors from all over the world are welcome and are served tea with Mevlevi hospitality. The building contains a room for visitors to sit, a gift shop, and the office of the Vice-President of the Foundation, Esin Chelebi Bayru, 22nd generation direct descendent of Mevlana Rumi (her brother, Faruk Hemdem Chelebi, lives in Istanbul and is the President of the Foundation). Upstairs is a small library and two multi-purpose rooms (for prayer, music rehearsals, etc.). The building was a bit obscured from the street by a section of a provincial government building until recently, when that section was removed to make way for a new tramway. So now the name of the building is fully visible from the street and easier to find. All are welcome! Ibrahim www.mevlanafoundation.com and if you ever go to Konya, you can visit the Foundation and ‘experience’ . with Love,