Tuesday, January 06, 2015

In Konya, Turkey Automobile Parts and Sufism Go Hand in Hand | Rita Cook

In Konya, Turkey Automobile Parts and Sufism Go Hand in Hand

Since most of the time here I write about automobiles and travel, on a recent trip to Konya, Turkey I searched for the perfect auto angle since I was originally invited there to experience a Sufi festival. I didn't drive while in Turkey, not that I wouldn't have been fine driving, but the Turkish Embassy in Washington DC had ask me and my colleague to visit this city in Turkey to experience the annual festival highlighting a most important Sufi philosophy, Mevlanism. With this in mind we were driven around instead, enjoying the city and learning about the idea that Mevlana (an order of Sufism) and its message can be applied to all humanity.

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