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Gaziantep Mevlevihane Vakıf Museum & Tahmis Axis
The 1638 Mevlevi dervish lodge complex housing the Vakıf Museum alongside the neighboring historic Tahmis coffeehouse tradition.
Founded in 1638 by Turkmen Mustafa Ağa bin Yusuf, the Gaziantep Mevlevihane is one of Anatolia’s largest courtyard dervish lodges. Its semahane (ritual hall) and dervish cells now house a Vakıf Museum displaying Ottoman calligraphy, illuminated manuscripts, foundation carpets, and Mevlevi musical heritage. Immediately adjacent stands the historic Tahmis Coffeehouse, originally endowed in the seventeenth century to support the lodge and still celebrated for its menengiç coffee.
Why visit
To experience a seventeenth-century Mevlevi lodge, its painted timber ceilings, and the historic coffeehouse endowed to support it.
Tour the quiet Mevlevihane courtyard and calligraphy rooms first, then step next door to Tahmis for a rest.
