![Seb-i Arus commemoration for Rumi in Turkey Whirling dervishes perform during the "Seb-i Arus" (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/d2.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161201_2_20460008_16573146.jpg?w=440&h=304&ssl=1)
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
Whirling dervishes perform during the “Seb-i Arus” (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]
![Whirling dervishes perform during the "Seb-i Arus" (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 1 2016 [Mahmut Serdar Alakuş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/d2.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161201_2_20460008_16573157-scaled.jpg?fit=580%2C800&ssl=1)