Many years ago, I had very less money and there was a cheap flight to Turkey about $100 from Bremen/Germany…
This was my first trip to Turkey; I had read some Sufi books from a British Author who traveled to Turkey…
I flew to Istanbul… It blew me away…
I visited the huge Moshes like the previous Cathedral Holy Wisdom…
The St. Peter’s Basilica of the Vatican is just meaningless if we compare it with the Holy Wisdom…
I saw Diamonds in the size of my fist owned by the Sultan …His Harem had 5000 women…
And I was also in the Turkish Steam bath…
Then I traveled by buses to Antalya, I got invited again and again…
And I loved the fresh figs.
Turkey is one of the most interesting country in the world… Hard to beat!
From Antalya I went to Konya.
In the bus there was running these disgusting killing, – brutal -horror movies, even I closed my eyes, but then I could not see the mountains…
It was sunset, the light dawned, the movie stopped and we heard the praising of Allah from the loud speaker…
We were approaching Konya…
The bus went down the mountains and there was over the whole city a light, like the north light in the very North of Europe…
I could not believe that…
We had already night, it was pitch dark, but over the city, there was this magic light…
And we heard the praising of Allah…
It was so magical… I never will forget that. I could see that magic light every night.
Next day, I went to the Monastery of Rumi, where the Sufis were whirling to connect with Allah…
The Rumi Monastery is charged with spiritual energy… I went directly in meditation mood…
The magic of Turkey, the friendly people and the good music…
If we see then the news from Turkey…
Only negative stuff, the big inflation, …
Who cares if the people are friendly, the country is exotic and amazing…?
As a couchsurfer I hosted quite a lot of Turkish women…
Did they had been suppressed?
Why they could travel alone?
Even why they slept in a house with a single man?
It is all rubbish what the press is telling from Turkey!!!
My Video: Episode 28 I saw the Light in Konya https://youtu.be/_5ugU-DbRZc
My Audio: https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/object/rudizimmerer?region=ap-southeast-1&prefix=6/Episode+28+I+saw+the+Light+in+Konya.mp3