Who We Are

We see ourselves as a vessel of a living stream that began centuries ago with Hz. Mevlânâ Rûmî in Konya. Our wish is simple: to offer a place where today people may taste that path, through sohbet, sema, zikr, music, and the words of the Masnavî.

Our vision is to offer a path of love, silence, and adab blossoming here in the Netherlands, as it has for centuries in other parts of the world, rooted in the Qur’an, the Sunnah, and the living heritage of Hz. Mevlânâ Rûmî.

We are a small community, in connection with Konya and the Uluslararası Mevlâna Vakfı (UMV). Our postnişîn - Yıldırım Ekin - received his icâzet in 2015, from Farûk Hemdem Çelebi (22nd-generation descendant of Hz. Mevlânâ Rûmî), to represent the Mevlevi path in the Netherlands.

Yet it is not about titles or positions. We prefer to see ourselves as servants: fellow travelers on the path, each with a role, in sohbet, in music, in hizmet.

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The root of our tradition lies in Konya, where Hz. Mevlânâ Rûmî spoke his words and nourished his companions. From that source the way flowed into Anatolia, to Europe, and eventually to the Netherlands.
We do not invent something new, but strive to be a bridge: letting the fragrance of the ancient way breathe in our time and place.

Our Lineage

The interior view of the gilded tomb of Hz. Mevlana Rumi

How does one describe an ocean?

Hz. Mevlânâ Jalâluddîn Rûmî (1207–1273) was not an ordinary teacher but a sun of knowledge and love. Born in Balkh into a family of scholars and nobles, he journeyed with his father, Sultânu’l-Ulemâ Bahâ’ al-Dîn Veled, until they settled in Konya.

There he became a master of law and learning, yet his true awakening came in 1244, when he met Shams of Tabriz.

Who was Hz. Mevlânâ Rûmî?

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The Mevlevi order (Mevlevîlik) is no ordinary order. It is rooted in the legacy of Hz. Mevlânâ Rûmî and nourished by the Qur’an and the path of the Prophet ﷺ. It is a path of love, adab, and inner refinement.

Hz. Mevlânâ said of himself:

“As long as I live, I am a servant of the Qur’an. I am dust on the path of Muhammad, the Chosen.”

For him, tasawwuf was inseparable from Qur’an and Sunnah, but also from love. He said:

“The path of our Prophet is love. We are born of love, and love is our mother.”

Mevlevi Order

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Our Postnişin, Yıldırım Ekin

Our Postnişîn

Yıldırım Ekin was born in Konya, Türkiye and grew up in the Netherlands. Studied in technology and innovation, his heart was drawn early on to the spiritual tradition of Hz. Mevlânâ Rûmî.

He received his first lessons in faith and spirituality in the 1980s from scholar and writer Nevzat Akaltun. As a child, his mother introduced him to the Masnavî, sparking a lifelong love for remembrance and devotion.

Alongside his studies and career, he explored personal development, complementary
medicine, and consciousness work. He came to see these as mirrors of the classical
teachings on the inner dimensions of the human being (latâif and the stages of the nafs).

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