I have been thinking of Istanbul a lot recently.
I have been thinking about the beautiful city.
The culture treasure and shopping mecca.
And the transfixing qualities of the place and the people.
Several years ago, when I visited with a friend, we walked, and ate and boated and biked.
And we sat down and watched the whirling dervishes.
They entered a trance as they spun, and it was mesmerizing to watching their skirts and their fluid movements.
It’s interesting that the Sufi’s, who still have to live underground and are persecuted, somehow serve as the poetic and romantic image of Turkey.