Wikipedia's article on the Mevlevi Order, read directly for this pass, states Sufism was outlawed in Turkey in September 1925 under Ataturk's republic, every dervish lodge was closed, and that Sufism remains officially illegal in Turkey today, public sema ceremonies being presented officially as cultural events of historical interest rather than as worship. Wikipedia does not itself give the specific year public performances resumed. Two further sources, a Mevlevi-order devotional reference site and an independent culture and travel history source, independently corroborate that public performances of the sema were first permitted by the Turkish government starting in 1953, organised through the Ministry of Culture and Tourism as a tourism draw rather than a religious concession, with an annual Konya festival beginning in 1956.
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Reliability Tier3
Wikipedia is community-edited and confirms the 1925 ban and the honest present-day nuance that Sufism remains officially illegal in Turkey, but does not itself date the 1953 tourism permission; that specific year is corroborated independently by a Mevlevi devotional reference site and a general-audience culture history source rather than an academic publication, so it is held to year precision on the strength of two independent, non-atlas sources agreeing rather than one alone. NotesCited for the 1925 closure of every dervish lodge and the 1953 start of government-permitted public sema performances; the order's existing practice-status fact reads only "Suppressed, then revived" with no date on either half.
Citation
PublisherWikipedia; dar-al-masnavi.org; The Culture Trip
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mevlevi_Order
Source Typereference
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Konya, Cities This source names Konya directly: "a religious concession, with an annual Konya festival beginning in 1956."
This source names Turkey directly: "pass, states Sufism was outlawed in Turkey in September 1925 under Ataturk's republic, every dervish lodge was closed, and that Sufism remains officially illegal in Turkey today, public sema..."
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This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Religious Orders, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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