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DISTRICTS:
Konya (center), Ahırlı, Akören, Akşehir, Altınekin, Beyşehir, Bozkır,
Cihanbeyli, Çeltik, Çumra, Derbent, Derebucak, Doğanhisar, Emirgazi, Ereğli,
Güneysınır, Hadim, Halkapınar, Hüyük, Ilgın, Kadınhanı, Karapınar, Karatay,
Kulu, Meram, Sarayönü, Selçuklu, Seydişehir, Taşkent, Tuzlukçu, Yazlıhöyük,
Yunak.
SITES OF
INTEREST: Çamlıköy, Yakamanastır, Kale, Huğlu, Karaburun and Kızılören
forest recreation areas, Meram vinyards, hot springs, İvriz stone relief,
Beyşehir Castle, Akmanastır (monastry), Hagia Eleni Church, Sırçalı old
theological school (medrese), Tacül Vezir old theological school (medrese) and
Mausoleum, İnce Minareli Medrese, Ali Gav, Küçük Karatay, Karatay and İsmail Aka
(Taş Medrese) old theological schools (medrese), Has Bey and Nasuh Bey Quran
schools for children (darülhuffaz), Seydişehir school for teachers (muallimhane),
İplikçi Mosque and school, Sadreddin Konevi Mosque and Mausoleum, Alaeddin
Dursunoğlu, Selimiye, Kapı, Aziziye, Eşrefoğlu and Pir Hüseyin mosques, Sahip
Ata, Karabaş Veli and Lala Mustafa Pasha mosque complexes, Akşehir and Ereğli
Grand Mosques, Mevlana Mausoleum and Dervish Lodge, Nasreddin Hoca Mausoleum,
the small mosques (mescit) - Taş Mescit, Sırçalı Mescit, Karatay, Tahir and
Zühre, Altunkalem, Güdük Minare and Küçük Ayasofya mescits, Yusuf Ağa Library,
Kubadabad Palace, Seyyid Mahmud Hayran and Şeyh Şahabeddin lodges, Kızılviran,
Sultan, Zazadin, Horozlu, Kadın, İshaklı and Kuruçeşme inns, Rüstem Pasha inn (caravansary),
Konya Archeology, Karatay Tile Works, Konya Stone and Wood Works, Konya Monument
Graves, Atatürk's House and Culture, Konya Ethnography, Konya Mevlana, Koyunoğlu,
Akşehir Stone Works, Akşehir, Atatürk and Ethnography, Ereğli Museums.
History Of
Konya;
Settled life in and around Konya starts from the prehistoric period. Within this period we can see the cultures of Neolithic Calcolithic and early Bronze Era.
Höyükler, which are the inhabitancy areas of this period, are within the borders of Konya. The findings belonging to the Neolithic Period (7000-5500 BC) came out through the archeological excavations in Çatalhöyük.
In Karahöyük, which is within one of the regions of Konya today, inhabitancy of the Hittite is seen. The archeological excavations that have been carried out for many years give us findings that reflect this period.
Frigs who gave an end to the sovereignty of Hittite on Anatolia are the sects who have emigrated from Thrace to Anatolia. (The findings that were got from Alaaddin Hill, Karapinar, Gicikisla and Sizma belong to the seventh century BC). After the Frigians (Phrygians) Konya (Kavania) was invaded by Lydians and Iskender. Later on when the sovereignty of Rome was set Konya kept its existence as Ikonium (25 B.C.).
St. Paul Antiochia, one of the Christian saints who went up from Antalya to Anatolia, then came to Ikonium (Konya). At this period Hatunsaray Lystra-Derbe, Leodica and Sille were important settlement areas of Byzantines. With the spread of Islam in Anatolia Arabian raids started. The Ommayads and Abbasids raided over Konya.
After the Malazgirt war in 1071, as well as a large part of Anatolia, Konya was taken from Byzantines by Seljuks.
The Sultan of Anatolian Seljuks, Suleyman Shah, declared Konya as the capital city in 1076. In 1080 the capital city was transferred to Iznik, Kilic Aslan I carried the capital city to Konya in 1097. Konya, from 1097 to 1277, was capital city of Anatolian Seljuks.
Having been conquered by Kamanid Mehmed Bey, Konya went under the sovereignty of Karamanids. By conquering Konya Murad II one of the Ottoman sultans, gave an end to the sovereignty of Karamanians on Konya in 1442.
Konya continued its reputation and esteem during the Ottoman period. One of the Ottoman Sultans, Yavuz Sultan Selim, stayed in Konya during his campaigns to Iran and Egypt. Kanuni Sultan Süleyman stayed in Konya during his campaign to Iran and Murad IV during his campaign to Baghdad.
During the Republic Period, Konya became the largest province of the country. In spite of the fact that the city of Karaman which includes the districts of Ayranci, Ermenek, and Kazımkarabekir was separated from Konya with a law put forth in 1989, the city kept this special feature.
Konya, which is a neighbor city of Ankara, Niğde, Aksaray, Icel, Antalya, Isparta, Afyon, Eskisehir and Karaman on the central Anatolia High plateau of 39,000 km2, occupies a place between 36o22’ and 39o08’ northern parallels and 31o14’ and 34o05’ Eastern meridians. Its traffic code is 42, Municipality of Konya founded in 1876 achieved the status of being “major city” according to the law numbered 3030 that was put forth in 1984. Since 1989 municipality services have been carried out according to this status.
According to the census done in 1990, the total population of Karatay district to which two sub districts and twenty nine villages are connected, is 169,000 and its central population is 142,678.
The total population of Meram district to which three sub districts and thirty five villages are connected, is 213,644 and its central population is 182,444.
 The total population of Selçuk district which has two sub districts and twenty nine villages is 202,154 and its central population is 188,244. According to the census done in 1980 the total population of Konya is 1,750,303 and it is the fifth city after Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir and Adana.
Alaeddin Hill is a tumulus which hides relies of 400 years under it. Once upon a time, it attracted attention not as an area of settlement but as an area where the richness of history, culture and nature were protected and a place where people’s needs of having a rest were met. In the north of the hill Alaeddin Mosque has the pleasure of meeting its people after efforts of restoration that lasted for many years.
The mausoleum that has the sarcophagus of eight Seljuk Sultans, first and fore most Alaeddin Keykubat’s, is in the courtyard of the mosque. If you stand on the eastern part of the hill, next to the Monument of Martyrs you will see the Mevlana Dervish Convent with its green, eye-catching dome at the end of the dual carriage way lying in front of you. You can also see the minarets of Sultan Selim Mosque which was built by one of the Ottoman Sultans, Selim II, on the right side of Mevlana Dervish Convent which has been used as a museum since 1926.
Provincial
Cultural Directorate
Tel: (332) 353
40 20 - 21 - 22
Fax: (332) 353 40 23
Konya Turkish
Sufite Music Ensemble Directorate
Address:
Mevlana Meydanı Eş'arizade Sok. No:21
Konya
Topluluk Tel: (0 332) 350 42 29 - 30
State Fine
Arts Gallery Directorate
Babıaksaray Mah.
Mevlana Alanı No:21
KONYA
Tel: (0 332) 350 39 25
Fax: 353 40 23
Museums
Mevlana
Museum
Address: Mevlana
Mah. - Konya
Tel: (332)
351 12 15
Archeology Museum
Address: Larende Cad. - Konya
Tel: (332) 351 32 07
Museum for Tile Works
Address: Alaattin Meydanı - Konya
Tel: (332) 351 19 14
Museum for Monument Graves
Address: Gazi Alemşah Mah. Sırçalı Cad. - Konya
Tel: (332) 352 80 22
Museum for Stone and Wood Works Eserler
Address: Alaattin Meydanı - Konya
Tel: (332) 351 32 04
Etnography Museum
Address: Larende Cad. - Konya
Tel: (332) 351 89 58
Akşehir Museum
Address: Dr. Aziz Perkun Cad. No: 94 Akşehir - Konya
Tel: (332) 813 15 68
Ereğli Museum
Address: Bulvar Cad. No: 16 Ereğli - Konya
Tel: (332) 713 45 92
Historical
Sites and Ruins
Kilistra
Konya
Ethnography Museum
Çatalhöyük - Küçük Köy Çumra
Bolat Ruins - Hadim / Bolat Village
Karahöyük (tumulus) - Meram / Harmancık Mah
Kubadabat - Beyşehir - Gülkaya
Ayaelena Church - Selçuklu - Sille Mah.
Ereğli Museum
İvris Rock Monument - Aydın Kente / Halkapınar
Registered Immobile Cultural and Natural Heritages in Konya
Sites
Archaeological Sites: 406
Urban Sites: 1
Natural Sites: 40
Historical Sites: 43
Other Sites
Archaeological and Natural Sites: 18
Archaeological and Urban Sites: 1
Archaeological, Urban and Historical : 1
Historical and Urban Sites : 4
Historical and Natural Sites: 1
Archaeological, Historical and Natural Sites: 1
Total: 515
Cultural (at Single Construction Scale) and Natural Heritages: 1079
TOTAL: 1594
Significant
Days
Local Days
of Celebration:
Commemoration Day for Hadimi Hz.
Hadim
4-12 September
Rose Festivity
Konya
12 June
Cooking Competition
Konya
10-11 September
Traditional Minstrel's Holiday
Konya
24-28 October
Akşehir Glory Day
Akşehir
24 August
Commemoration Day for Mevlana
Konya
10-17 December
Arrival of Atatürk at Konya
Konya
3 August
Expositions:
Industrial and Export Products Exposition
Selçuklu
10 December
Konya Exposition
Konya
5 August-5 September
Festivals:
Çakıllar Strawberry Festival
Akşehir-Çakıllar Town
11 June
Derebucak Wrestling Matches
Derebucak
30 July
Traditional Wrestling Festival
Konya
30 September
Festivities:
Akşehir Nasreddin Hodja Festivities
Akşehir
5-10 July
Huğlu Gun Celebrations
Beyşehir
13 June
Apple and Tufana Festivities
Ereğli
17-18 August
Economy and Development Holiday
Seydişehir
5-7 August
Turkish Jereed Games
Konya
25-26 September
Hadim Grape Harvest Festivities
Hadim
18-20 September
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