Hundreds of people attended a seven-day retreat in the Turkish countryside seeking transcendence through sema, the spiritual practice of whirling.
Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/world/europe/turkey-sema-whirling-dervish-islam.html
Author : Ben Hubbard, Gulsin Harman and Laetitia Vançon
Publish date : 2026-08-09 08:18:00
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Whirling Like Dervishes in Turkey, but Open to Everyone
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