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IZMIR, TURKEY - DECEMBER 01: Whirling dervishes perform during the "Seb-i Arus" (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 01, 2016. (Photo by Mahmut Serdar Alakus/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

IZMIR, TURKEY - DECEMBER 01: Whirling dervishes perform during the "Seb-i Arus" (The Night of union) ceremony at Izmir Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Karsiyaka Spor Center to mark the 743rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi in Izmir, Turkey on December 01, 2016. (Photo by Mahmut Serdar Alakus/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)