1 Best Performing Arts Venue in Cappadocia and Central Turkey, Turkey

Mevlâna Kültür Merkezi

The huge, rather grandiose Mevlâna Cultural Center has a performance hall that seats 2,600; it hosts free sema ;performances every Saturday night at 7 pm. The center is also the venue for many of the events in the Mystical Music Festival in September (free) and the Mevlâna Festival in December (admission charged). Tickets for semas can be obtained at the center on the day of; tickets for festival events can be arranged through travel agencies or the Konya tourism office.