The Mevlevi Order and the Semā Ceremony in Modern Turkey
- Date of account
- 1990s–2000s
- Location
- Konya, Istanbul and Turkish cultural institutions
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The public performance and cultural institutionalization of the Mevlevi semā in Turkey during the 1990s and 2000s is an identifiable lead for comparing ritual movement, music, trance interpretation, and claims of spiritual transformation. Konya’s annual Şeb-i Arûs commemorations and Istanbul performances provide documentary trails through Turkish cultural bodies, tourism records, and Mevlevi organizations. The ceremony is a Sufi devotional practice with formal liturgical meanings, not inherently an occult experiment. Researchers must separate historically reconstructed or staged heritage performances from privately transmitted ritual contexts.
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