Local and foreign tourists gather in Turkey’s central province to mark the 745th death anniversary of Jalaluddin al-Rumi - a 13th century Sufi mystic, poet and Islamic scholar. Events to commemorate the anniversary of Rumi’s passing, known as “Sheb-i Arus" (the night of union), started in the central Anatolian province of Konya, where he is buried. Whirling dervishes always perform during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the death of Jelaleddin Mevlana Rumi. The dervishes is an adapted form of Sufism, a mystical form of Islam that preaches tolerance and ...