Editing Mevlevi Order (section)

=== Artistic heritage ===
Rumi's ''[[Mathnavi]]'' and ''[[Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi]]''<ref name=ripening/> are considered masterpieces of [[Persian literature]], and throughout the centuries the Mevlevi Order has continued its long-standing association with the arts in Turkey. Apart from the works of Rumi and Sultan Veled, other famous literary works by Mevlevis include influential commentaries on Rumi's ''Mathnavi'' by Ismāʿil Rusūhī Ankarawi (d. 1631) and [[Ismail Hakki Bursevi|Ismāʿil Ḥaqqı Burṣalı]] (d. 1724), the latter also being 'a fine mystical poet' in his own right.<ref name=schimmel/> The most celebrated Mevlevi poet, after Rumi and [[Sultan Veled]], is [[:tr:Şeyh Galip|Shaykh Ghalib Dede]] (d. 1799), the author of ''[[Hüsn ü Aşk]]'' and ‘perhaps the last true master of [[Turkish literature|Turkish classical poetry]]' according to scholar Annemarie Schimmel.<ref name=schimmel/> Both Ghālib Dede and Ankarawī are buried at the Galata Mevlevihanesi.

The Mevlevi Ayin (ceremony music) is the most elaborate and artistically composed music on this planet.  The use of the Makams (musical modes) and the subtle modulations in some of the best Ayins, produces a highly uplifting atmosphere. Highly suited to the ethos of the ceremony; which aims at union of the human soul with its Creator. The music of the sema has been studied and performed by an English family; beginning in the 1970s (to the present) when they went to Istanbul to study with the remaining true Mevlevis. And also to study with some of Turkey's greatest exponents of the Mevlevi music; Such as Nezih Üzel and Necdet Yaşar. The information about the music, practised over many years, eventually resulted in the "Doctorate in the Philosphy of Music", undertaken by Dr. Alan Wenham-Prosser. The book "The Music of Rumi" which contains all the content of that doctorate, was called, by Middlesex University, "The World Authority" on the subject of Mevlevi music. See https://academia.edu/95815541/ for details.
A significant number of the most celebrated Turkish musicians have been Mevlevis, and during the Ottoman era the Mevlevi Order produced a great deal of vocal and instrumental music. [[Buhurizade Mustafa Itri|Mustafa Itri]] (1640–1712), an Ottoman-Turkish musician, composer, singer and poet, is regarded as the master of Turkish classical music<ref name=schimmel/> [[Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi|Ismail Dede]] (1778-1846) is also considered one of Turkey's greatest classical composers and wrote the music for the ceremonial songs (''ayins'') played during the ''sema'' ceremony.<ref name=algan/> Celebrated female musicians and composers include Dilhayat Khalifa (early 1700s) and Layla Saz (late 1800s – also buried at Galata Mevlevihanesi).<ref name=women/>