By Unal Livaneli - Zaman Online - Konya,Turkey
Sunday, December 10, 2006
The Turkish Cooperation and Development Administration (TIKA) will restore an Ottoman Dervish Lodge in Lebanon.
The Sufi headquarters had been damaged in a flood a half century ago and was later left to decay during the Lebanese civil war.
Khaled Tadmoir, head of the Preservation of Historical Artifacts Commission in Tripoli, came to Turkish city of Konya to attend the 733rd anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jelaladdin Rumi, a highly influential Sufi Muslim.
Tadmori said former Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati had given the restoration project to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his trip to Lebanon in 2005.
Tadmori recalled that Erdogan had then handed over the project to TIKA, stating that they expected the restoration to be completed in 2007.
The project cost $450,000, Tadmori said, and added they had proposed the ministry of culture to display Turkish-Islamic artifacts in Lebanon.
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