The “International 15th Mevlana Poetry Festival and Poetry Workshop,” organized by Karatay Municipality and the Konya Branch of the Turkish Writers’ Union with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, will be held in Konya on Saturday, September 26. Dedicated to the memory of D. Mehmet Doğan, the event will bring together poets and writers from Türkiye and various countries.
The 15th edition of the event will bring together poetry, literature and Sufi music. Alongside poets and writers from different cities across Türkiye, the program will feature literary figures from Kyrgyzstan, Tatarstan, Azerbaijan, East Turkestan, Kirkuk, Iraq, and Palestine, bringing artists from different parts of the world together in Konya.
The program will also commemorate D. Mehmet Doğan, one of the prominent figures of Turkish literature and a respected poet, writer and intellectual. Distinguished names from the world of poetry and literature will meet with poetry enthusiasts throughout the event.
POETRY WORKSHOP AND PANEL TO OPEN THE EVENT
The event will begin with the traditional Poetry Workshop. The program, which will be held at Karatay Cultural Center at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 26, will explore various aspects of contemporary poetry.
As part of the Poetry Workshop, a panel titled “The Current State of Contemporary Poetry” will be held. Moderated by Osman Özbahçe, the panel will feature Hakan Şarkdemir, Hayriye Ünal and İdris Ekinci as speakers.
The program will continue with poetry readings at the Mevlana Lodge from 5 to 6 p.m. Poets will share their own works with art lovers in the spiritual atmosphere of Mevlana’s lodge.
FESTIVAL TO BE HELD IN THE ROSE GARDEN OF THE MEVLANA LODGE
The International 15th Mevlana Poetry Festival will be held at the Rose Garden of the Mevlana Lodge at 8 p.m. on Saturday, September 26.
Bringing poets and writers from different parts of the world together in Konya, the festival will unite the universal language of poetry with Mevlana’s spiritual atmosphere on the same evening. Poets will perform their own works, while poetry enthusiasts will have the opportunity to hear works by literary figures from different countries and cultures.
A Sufi music performance will also take place at 8:30 p.m. Muhammet Yuşa Aydın will perform as the vocalist, accompanied by Ahmet Safa Mızrak and Furkan Sarı on the ney, İbrahim Genç on the oud, and Şükrü Fırat on the qanun, as they perform distinguished works of Sufi music.
DISTINGUISHED POETS TO PERFORM THEIR WORKS
The poets and writers who will take part in the Mevlana Poetry Festival have also been announced. The program will feature Altınbek İsmail (Kyrgyzstan), Atilla Yaramış, Bahtiyar Aslan, Cavit Barış (Azerbaijan), Gülnaz Cihan (Tatarstan), Hakan Şarkdemir, Hayriye Ünal, Hicabi Kırlangıç, İbrahim Demirci, Kâmil Uğurlu, M. Ali Köseoğlu, M. Erim Tarım (East Turkestan), Mehmet Solak, Mustafa Özçelik, Osman Özbahçe, Şemsettin Küzeci (Kirkuk, Iraq), Tahir Sakman, Vural Kaya and Younus Ebu Jarad (Palestine), who will share their poetry with art lovers.
