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Street Life: Konya, Turkey: Sea of intrigue whirls around dervish myths
; FROM HIS tiny shop in Konya, in the midst of the desolate Turkish...tolerance for the past hour. I had come to Konya in search of a dervish. You can watch...takes place secretly in Istanbul. And Konya, the spiritual home of the dervishes...
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Sandor Konya
; Sandor Konya, 78 Operatic tenor Sunday, June 9, 2002 Ibiza, Balearic Islands -- Sandor Konya, a Hungarian-born tenor with a dramatic, powerful...Opera for 14 seasons, died May 20. He was 78. Konya had a broad repertory, including several major...
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Spin city: the ancient Turkish town of Konya, once the pearl of the Seljuk's Empire of Rum, is the home of the famous whirling dervishes, whose mesmeric dance links devotees to the revolution of the universe. (Travel in Turkey).
; ...descend upon the small Turkish town of Konya every year to celebrate the life of the...invasions, Rumi and his family settled in Konya, the capital of the Seljuks. It was here...his work to appeal to all, and a visit to Konya attests to his success as people from all...
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Obituaries: Sandor Konya
; ...Sarkad, Hungary September 23, 1923 - Ibiza, Spain, May 20, 2002 Konya's ringing voice had plangency equal to its power, a combination...Paris Opera (1959), Florence (1961) and Covent Garden (1963). Konya remained on the Met roster for fourteen seasons, singing 287...
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PRINCE CHARLES IN KONYA
; ...Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, duchess of Cornwall, and an accompanying delegation yesterday visited Konya. Charles was welcomed by Konya Governor Osman Aydin and Greater Municipality Mayor Tahir Akyurek. Charles visited the Mevlana Rumi Museum...
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MILITARY PLANE CRASHES IN KONYA
; According to Sabah, a military plane crashed in Konya. In the accident, pilot Lt. Akgun Sezginer died. From 2001 to 2005 Sezginer had been a member of the Turkish Stars flight exhibition team.
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The first metropolis? (9,000-year-old archeological site near Konya, Turkey)
; ...the millennium' currently underway in Turkey. Catalhoyuk, near Konya in southern Turkey, is the oldest urban centre ever to have...Near East. It rises up in twin mounds from the middle of the Konya plain, some 3,000 feet above sea level in fertile wheat lands...
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In memoriam: Sandor Konya
; Sung with `precisely-placed tone and good musical sense' (John Steane), Sandor Konya's Lohengrin was one of the highpoints of post-war Wagner interpretation. It was certainly the role for which his robust yet lyrical...
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Turkey's imams predict more freedom of worship - thanks to the EU Embattled clerics welcome, rather than fear, joining a secular Europe, reports Damien McElroy in Konya
; ...over the arches of a mosque built in the 12th century, when Konya emerged as the capital of Seljuc empire. On Friday, as Imam...freedom is paramount. As Emih Parlakturk, the general manager of Konya's college of imams, put it: "Our only hope is the enormous pressure...
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Konya and Demre, Turkey.(A Sampler from the World Stage)(Brief Article)
; ...commemorative ceremony for Mevlava, the Sufic saint (1207-1273), during which more than a million people converge on the Turkish town of Konya for the Whirling Dervishes Festival. In this 700-year-old ritual, participants don conical hats (to represent gravestones...
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