Hodjapasha occupies a hamam built in the fifteenth century, converted into a performance space without much being removed. The domed hall has no stage in the usual sense: the audience sits in a circle around the floor, close enough to hear the musicians breathe.
Two programmes run in rotation. One is the sema, the whirling ceremony of the Mevlevi order, performed as a religious rite rather than a show. The other is a Turkish folk dance evening drawing on regional traditions from across Anatolia.
Performances last about an hour and tickets are best booked a day or two ahead. From Hotel Sultania it is a walk of two or three minutes, which makes it one of the easiest evenings you can plan here.
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