Contemporary Sufi Practices in Istanbul

Amateur musicians

Mercan Dede

“This contrast between electronica and classical or folkloric arts cuts to the core of the Sufi philosophy”

Evrensel Mevlana Aşıkları Vakfı (EMAV)

“Our association follows all the prophets and saints, like the Exalted Mohammet, the Exalted Ali, the Exalted Mevlana Rumi and the Headmaster, the Honorable Mustafa Kemal Atatürk”

Nurettin Tekkesi

Şirin Anne

Mevlana Eğitim ve Kültür Derneği (MEKDER)

Ebru Bilun Akyıldız

Elif Şafak

Şefik Can Uluslararası Mevlana Eğitim ve Kültür Derneği

CemalNur Sargut

Questions for Future Research

• Focus only on Mevlevi or include other orders

• Diversity & Differences

• Universal vs. Islamic Sufism

• Sufism in the Netherlands

• How to analyse the religion industry?

• Popular culture Religion