Today remainders of the former Mevlevi Tekke consist in a simple, longish 17th Century building with six domes, sitting right on the main street leading from Nicosia's Kyrenia Gate towards the old city centre. The Mevlevi Sufi order derives its name from Dschalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, later referred to as "Mevlana" by Turkish speaking followers. Rumi (1207-1273)was a praised scholar in Konya and became one of the most prominent medieval mystics and poets. The Western term "whirling dervishes" derives from the Mevlevi order's "dhikr" (ritual in remeberance of God), which is musically accompanied and bears strong resemblance to a dance performance. Nicosia's Mevlevi Tekke once was the main centre of Sufi tradiotion in Cyprus. The Mevlevi Tekke's estate originally comprised expansive grounds with several buildings, yards and gardens, featuring accomodation for dervishes, guest rooms, a kitchen for charitable purposes, an orchard, a well, a reservoir, and a fountain. The Tekke's religious use was restricted during the 1950s, and it eventually ended in 1961. The major part of the estate was destroyed and covered by a shopping centre in the 1970s. The tombs of the Tekke's sheikhs and the ritual place of the dervishes' "dhikr" have survived. The present day museum assembles Ottoman tombstones from the last three centuries, ceremonial Sufi outfits and musical instruments, an illustrative exhibition dedicated to Rumi's "Mesnevi" poem, and the one remaining dervish cell of the Tekke, including some of its original furniture and untensils.

Since a couple of years an annual "dhikr" is performed at the Mevlevi Tekke around December 17th, the day of Rumi's death, or, as he would have it, his "wedding day", alluding to his unification with God.