On the picture: (from right to left): Under the trees stands the Aktekke Camii (or: Mader-i Mevlâna Camisi = Mosque of Mevlâna’s mother), from 1371; in the middle of the picture – from the same period - one sees a row of seven cells with each their own chimney, where dervishes could spend time in solitary confinement, following the example of their master Mevlâna; in the background: the Hacı Beyler Camii (1356).

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Sources: ‘Karaman (Tarihi ve Kültürü)’ (Ilhan Temizsoy & M. Vehbi Uysal) – Konya 1981
& Personal visit (2001)