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Blogs > spunkycumfun > Sexy TIMES

WHIRLING DERVISHES  

spunkycumfun 63M/69F
29519 posts
8/29/2013 9:54 am
WHIRLING DERVISHES
Today is Victory Day commemorating the independence of Turkey. This was the day that Ottoman forces defeated the Greek forces in the Battle of Dumlupınar on 30 August 1922. This victory led to the successful Turkish War of Independence (1919-1923) against Allied forces. On 29 October 1923, the Republic of Turkey was proclaimed.



Above are some Whirling Dervishes in Turkey. The whirling dance, sometimes known as Sufi whirling, was traditionally practiced to achieve religious ecstasy, though the dance has increasingly become a tourist attraction.

When I went to Istanbul in Turkey, I did not see any Whirling Dervishes as I was working too hard! But Turkey is a very interesting and vibrant country – sort-of-European but sort-of-Asian, part of the West (eg inside NAT0) but not part of the West (eg outside the European Union), secular but religious, and democratic but not democratic (the army is still a very powerful in Turkish politics).

Turkey emerged from the Ottoman Empire. It had the Young Turks, has the impressive Blue Mosque and the busy Bosphorus river, and was the scene of the Gallipoli Campaign and the harrowing Midnight Express film. Turkish coffee, like Greek coffee, is to die for – you can feel the grains of coffee in your teeth as you drink. The Turkish sweets - Baklava and Lokum (also known as Turkish Delight) - are delicious.

Have you been to Turkey?
What does Turkey mean to you?
Do you like dancing?

I used to be able to do the foxtrot, but my dance steps are now limited to disco and punk moves!

sweet_VM 65F
81699 posts
8/29/2013 11:16 am

 I have not been to Turkey or any part of that area yet. I do like dancing hugs V
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canyaz 56F
17128 posts
8/30/2013 4:08 am

 I have not been to Turkey. My father went many times when we lived in Spain. He always brought back something exotic and colorful. I do enjoy Turkish and Greek coffee but my new favorite is Café Americano. One up and I am a whirling dervish!
I love to dance. I only dance now in my kitchen, when home alone, cooking. I sign and dance and make wonderful happy food.
There is a difference between a good BJ and a bad BJ.
canyaz


canyaz 56F
17128 posts
8/30/2013 4:08 am

 I mean sing...not sign. LOL
There is a difference between a good BJ and a bad BJ.
canyaz


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/2/2013 1:38 am
    Quoting sweet_VM:
    I have not been to Turkey or any part of that area yet. I do like dancing hugs V
I do recommend Turkey for a holiday.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/2/2013 1:38 am
    Quoting Tantricorgasms3:
    I haven't even been to Canada, lol! Actually, I went to Scotland in 1996.

    I did research on Turkey for a book and found it fascinating.

    I occasionally whirl
I like that whirl!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/2/2013 1:39 am
    Quoting canyaz:
    I have not been to Turkey. My father went many times when we lived in Spain. He always brought back something exotic and colorful. I do enjoy Turkish and Greek coffee but my new favorite is Café Americano. One up and I am a whirling dervish!
    I love to dance. I only dance now in my kitchen, when home alone, cooking. I sign and dance and make wonderful happy food.
I'm not sure what the difference is between Greek and Turkish coffee, if any, but they're both great to drink.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/3/2013 1:09 am
    Quoting  :
Turkey is well worth a visit.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/4/2013 8:28 am
    Quoting AmeliaCox:
    I have never been outside of Australia

    Turkey means the only nation of Muslims who have separated church from state in their politics and Turkish Delight which is one of my very favourite foods and I usually have a supply.

    Dancing gives me the shits and I hate it, I have 2 left feet, but I love to watch breakdancing.
Turkey is a secular state; the army ensures that! But relations between the government and the army are tense since the Justice and Development Party came to power. The ruling party sprang from an Islamic tradition though it has denounced Islamicism as its official ideology.


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