Round and round: The city of Konya in central Turkey is the home of whirling dervishes. These devotees of Islamic poet and philosopher Celaleddin Rumi offer worship in the form of spinning dances.

Today, Konya is Turkey’s sixth-largest city and it remains a holy place but not a sombre one. The joyous themes of Rumi’s poetry, alive with music, dance and the celebration of life, are still ...

Konya was once an agricultural hub, best known as the home of Turkey’s whirling dervishes. Today it’s an economic powerhouse where skyscrapers dot a horizon dominated by minarets for centuries.

KONYA, Turkey — Nestled in Turkey's Anatolian heartland, Konya is both an economic boomtown and a bastion of conservatism — a modern Turkish city with deep Islamic roots.

A beautiful pilgrimage city where whirling dervish worship was born, central Turkey’s Konya is a destination of historic and natural treasures.

A beautiful pilgrimage city where whirling dervish worship was born, central Turkey’s Konya is a destination of historic and natural treasures.

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Konya, Turkey (CNN) — When most people think of Turkey bucket list destinations, a few obvious ones spring to mind – Istanbul, Turquoise Coast hotspots like Bodrum or the otherworldly ...

Konya, Turkey (CNN) — When most people think of Turkey bucket list destinations, a few obvious ones spring to mind – Istanbul, Turquoise Coast hotspots like Bodrum or the otherworldly ...