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Windmill

PHOTO: Windmill by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com

Desert Flower

Natural rock sculpture, hoodoo, carved by wind and rain at Celil Pass, Konya, Turkey. Hoodoos are natural formings made by volcanoes and weather conditions in time... See more: Fairy chimneys ... PHOTO: Desert Flower by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com

Walking in the Desert

Celil Pass, Konya, Turkey. PHOTO: Walking in the Desert by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com

Rock Sculptures in the Desert

Natural rock sculptures, hoodoos, carved by wind and rain at Celil Pass, Konya, Turkey. Hoodoos are natural formings made by volcanoes and weather conditions in time... See more: Fairy chimneys ... PHOTO: Rock Sculptures in the Desert by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com

Drought

Dry Lake Samsam at Konya. Global warming and climate change . PHOTO: Drought by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com

B/W Butterfly on Green Grass

PHOTO: B/W Butterfly on Green Grass by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com

Celil Pass

Natural rock sculpture, hoodoo, carved by wind and rain at Celil Pass, Konya, Turkey. Hoodoos are natural formings made by volcanoes and weather conditions in time... See more: Fairy chimneys of Cappadocia ... PHOTO: Celil Pass by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com

Interior Design

Skylight window at Museum of Anatolian Civilizations at Ankara. PHOTO: Architecture: Skylight Window by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com

Cappadocia Rock Monastery

Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia UNESCO World Heritage Site in Turkey Cross section inside hidden cave church of ancient Cappadocia in a natural volcanic rock hill at Göreme Open Air Museum . PHOTO: Cappadocia Rock Monastery by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com

Sufi Gate at Cappadocia

Photo: Gate of Haci Bektas Veli, sufi mystic tomb at Cappadocia.

Drought

Only when the last tree has died, and the last river has been poisoned, and the last fish has been caught, will we realize that we cannot eat money! Cree wise man said! PHOTO: Drought by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com

Lake Mogan

Great crested grebe, podiceps cristatus at Lake Mogan, Ankara. PHOTO: Podiceps Cristatus by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com

Sariyar Dam Lake

Above the rock cliffs at Sariyar Dam Lake, Birds' Haven. PHOTO: Sariyar Dam Lake by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com

Waterfall at Küre Mountains

Horma Canyon and Ilica Falls at Küre Mountains, Kastamonu, Turkey. PHOTO: Ilica Waterfall by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com

The Thing

PHOTO: The Thing by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com

Ottoman Street Bazaar

PHOTO: Safranbolu Street by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com

Quarreling with God » Book Review

This collection presents, for the first time in English, a compilation of seven centuries of the mystic hymns of Turkey's rebellious Sufi poets the popular folk counterparts to Rumi whose poems are characterized by a passionate and unorthodox commitment to Truth. At the time Rumi was writing in ancient Anatolia, many other great mystics in the region were also composing wild, ecstatic, and controversial poems that were circulated among the people as spiritual songs and are still played and sung today in sacred dervish ceremonies and gatherings. The poems present a spiritual tradition from the Islamic world that bravely challenged orthodox religion and emphasized universal mystic love and tolerance.

Butterfly

Butterfly on white mountain flowers and bracken leaves near canyons of Pinarbasi, Kastamonu. PHOTO: Butterfly by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com

Blacksmiths at Work

Ironsmiths hammering hot metal on anvil in front of fireplace in their workshop at Safranbolu, a UNESCO World Heritage Town. PHOTO: Blacksmiths by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com

Butterfly

Butterfly at Valla Canyon at Pinarbasi, Kastamonu. PHOTO: Butterfly by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com

Valla Canyon

Trees on rock wall of Valla Canyon at Kastamonu, Pinarbasi. PHOTO: Valla Canyon by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com