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Rahmi Oruç Güvenç with his students, during a Mesnevi Sohbet. July 4th, 2018. Gokcedere, Yalova, Turkiye

Hz. Mevlana and the Prophets

by semazen on May 16, 2020February 4, 2025

Hz. Mevlana says: “The difference of language is not important. What is important is the unity of the heart because Allah owns the languages.”

Day 61 – Reaching Venus

by semazen on December 7, 2018February 4, 2025

The text below is transcribed from a talk Rahmi Oruç Güvenç gave in Yalova Gökçedere on July 1st, 2017, during the event 114 days and 114 nights sema. — Translator: Hande Başaran — There was…

Oruç Güvenç playing the çeng during a music therapy session.

114 days and 114 nights sema

by semazen on April 24, 2017February 4, 2025

From the 1st of May, 2017 to the 23rd of August , 2017,  Yalova Termal, Turkey During one hundred and fourteen days and nights sema, the music and the dhikr (invocation) will never stop . . ….

99 days and nights sema

by semazen on February 10, 2017February 4, 2025

Here is a day in the Semahane by Amar Chebib

Meleklerin sesi

Sound of Angels

by Güvenç Özgür on February 10, 2017February 4, 2025

Sound of Angels is a documentary of 99 days and nights nonstop music and whirling gathering. It aims at serving for continuation of ancient cultural traditions of Anatolia and Middle Asia and acquainting the people.

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