The Galata Mevlevi House Museum is an authentic Ottoman-era Mevlevi Whirling Dervish hall established in 1491, now serving as both a museum and performance venue. Visitors watch traditional Sufi whirling dervishes dressed in white robes perform hypnotic spinning dances said to induce spiritual transcendence, a practice central to Mevlevi devotion.
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