{"id":6517,"date":"2017-05-29T23:28:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T23:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/?p=6517"},"modified":"2018-04-23T06:56:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T06:56:56","slug":"turkey-5-konya-getting-know-rumi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/2017\/05\/turkey-5-konya-getting-know-rumi\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey 5 : Konya – Getting to know more about Rumi!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We were departing early in the morning, on the way to our next destination – Konya. Konya is situated south of Ankara and Ankara is the capital city of Turkey.<\/p>\n

Morning view on the highway to Konya<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Konya is about 3 hour driving south of Ankara. \u00a0Konya is the seventh most populous city in Turkey. \u00a0 The city of Konya is very old and has countless monuments, museums, and historical sites of interest.<\/p>\n

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Mevlana Museum – getting to know Rumi<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The most important site is\u00a0Mevlana Museum! \u00a0Mevlana Museum is where Rumi is buried. \u00a0Who is this turban guy with long beard, called Rumi? \u00a0Rumi was a 13th century Persian poet who was born in Afghanistan but lived most of his life in Konya, Turkey. \u00a0Rumi has so many good poems and one of his quote is as below.<\/p>\n

“Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?” ~ Rumi<\/p>\n

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Inside the Green Dome museum you would find many artifacts about his writing in Persian \u00a0. \u00a0Rumi is also very popular in the western world these days and people get inspired and love his poem. \u00a0Personally I really love his work and think he has so much wisdom and a great spiritual thinker of all time !<\/p>\n

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Passion makes the old medicine new:
\nPassion lops off the bough of weariness.
\nPassion is the elixir that renews:
\nhow can there be weariness
\nwhen passion is present?
\nOh, don’t sigh heavily from fatigue:
\nseek passion, seek passion, seek passion! \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0~ Rumi<\/p>\n

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13 Century Caravanserai<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 13 Century Caravanserai is about 40 km drive from Konya city and it is on the way to our next destination, Cappadocia. \u00a0Since this is on our way, we stopped by to have a look. \u00a0To be frank, nothing much to see.<\/p>\n

It was used to be a roadside hotel where travelers could rest and continue their silk road. These days, there is no more hotel but travelers like us used the toilet facilities instead. \u00a0Quite clean!<\/p>\n

The meaning of caravanserai is an inn\/resting place with a central courtyard for travelers in the desert region of Aisa or North Africa.<\/p>\n

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Turkey 5 : Konya – Getting to know more about Rumi!<\/strong><\/p>\n