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The historic Edirne Mevlevihane has been restored, with landscaping work ongoing
The Edirne Mevlevihane has been revived following instructions from Edirne Governor Yunus Sezer. After landscaping is completed, the historic site will open to visitors.
The efforts to revive the Edirne Mevlevihane, launched in 2024 on the instructions of Edirne Governor Yunus Sezer, have been completed. The project, carried out by the Environmental Protection Foundation under the governor’s office, aimed to restore the building to its original state.
As part of the work, historical sources and old photographs were examined, and foundation excavation was carried out. Based on the traces found, survey, restitution and restoration projects were prepared. Then the implementation phase began and the construction process was completed.
Currently, landscaping and site development around the Mevlevihane are ongoing. Once this phase is completed, the historic building will open its doors to visitors.
History of the Edirne Mevlevihane
According to historical records, the Edirne Mevlevihane was built in the 15th century by Sultan Murad II to the north of the Muradiye Mosque complex. The wooden structure comprised a dervish lodge, harem quarters, a semahane (hall for Whirling Dervish ceremonies), dervish cells and a library. Meals were provided for dervishes, students and guests at the Mevlevihane, and bread was distributed daily to houses within the shadow of the mosque minaret, along with pilaf and zerde (a sweet saffron rice pudding) on Thursdays.
It is said that the first sheikh of the Mevlevihane was Celalettin Çelebi, a grandson of Mevlana, and the lodge was considered on par with those in Konya and Afyonkarahisar. Damaged in the 1752 earthquake, the structure was repaired the following year, with further maintenance carried out in 1909.
Used as a primary school for a time from 1925, the Mevlevihane was later demolished by General Kazım Dirik, the Inspector General of Thrace. The cemetery of the Muradiye Mosque contains graves of sheikhs who served at the Mevlevihane.
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