AREA: 38.183 km²
POPULATION: 2,192,166 (2000)
TRAFFIC CODE: 42
DISTRICTS: Konya (center), Ahyrly, Akoren, Aksehir, Altynekin, Beysehir, Bozkyr, Cihanbeyli, Celtik, Cumra, Derbent, Derebucak, Doganhisar, Emirgazi, Eregli, Guneysynyr, Hadim, Halkapynar, Huyuk, Ilgyn, Kadynhany, Karapynar, Karatay, Kulu, Meram, Sarayonu, Selcuklu, Seydisehir, Taskent, Tuzlukcu, Yazlyhoyuk, Yunak.
SITES OF INTEREST: Camlykoy, Yakamanastyr, Kale, Huglu, Karaburun and Kyzyloren forest recreation areas, Meram vinyards, hot springs, Yvriz stone relief, Beysehir Castle, Akmanastyr (monastry), Hagia Eleni Church, Syrcaly old theological school (medrese), Tacul Vezir old theological school (medrese) and Mausoleum, Ynce Minareli Medrese, Ali Gav, Kucuk Karatay, Karatay and Ysmail Aka (Tas Medrese) old theological schools (medrese), Has Bey and Nasuh Bey Quran schools for children (darulhuffaz), Seydisehir school for teachers (muallimhane), Yplikci Mosque and school, Sadreddin Konevi Mosque and Mausoleum, Alaeddin Dursunoglu, Selimiye, Kapy, Aziziye, Esrefoglu and Pir Huseyin mosques, Sahip Ata, Karabas Veli and Lala Mustafa Pasha mosque complexes, Aksehir and Eregli Grand Mosques, Mevlana Mausoleum and Dervish Lodge, Nasreddin Hoca Mausoleum, the small mosques (mescit) - Tas Mescit, Syrcaly Mescit, Karatay, Tahir and Zuhre, Altunkalem, Guduk Minare and Kucuk Ayasofya mescits, Yusuf Aga Library, Kubadabad Palace, Seyyid Mahmud Hayran and Þeyh Þahabeddin lodges, Kyzylviran, Sultan, Zazadin, Horozlu, Kadyn, Yshakly and Kurucesme inns, Rustem Pasha inn (caravansary), Konya Archeology, Karatay Tile Works, Konya Stone and Wood Works, Konya Monument Graves, Ataturk's House and Culture, Konya Ethnography, Konya Mevlana, Koyunoglu, Aksehir Stone Works, Aksehir, Ataturk and Ethnography, Eregli Museums.
Provincial Cultural Directorate
Tel: (332) 353 40 20 - 21 - 22
Fax: (332) 353 40 23
Konya Turkish Sufite Music Ensemble Directorate
Address: Mevlana Meydany Es'arizade Sok. No:21
Konya
Topluluk Tel: (0 332) 350 42 29 - 30
State Fine Arts Gallery Directorate
Babyaksaray Mah. Mevlana Alany No:21
KONYA
Tel: (0 332) 350 39 25
Fax: 353 40 23
Historical Sites and Ruins
Kilistra Detailed Information
Konya Ethnography Museum
Catalhoyuk - Kucuk Koy Cumra
Bolat Ruins - Hadim / Bolat Village
Karahoyuk (tumulus) - Meram / Harmancyk Mah
Kubadabat - Beysehir - Gulkaya
Ayaelena Church - Selcuklu - Sille Mah.
Eregli Museum Detailed Information
Yvris Rock Monument - Aydyn Kente / Halkapynar
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 \
Expositions:
Industrial and Export Products Exposition
Selcuklu
10 December
Konya Exposition
Konya
5 August-5 September
Festivities:
Aksehir Nasreddin Hodja Festivities
Aksehir
5-10 July
Huglu Gun Celebrations
Beysehir
13 June
Apple and Tufana Festivities
Eregli
17-18 August
Economy and Development Holiday
Seydisehir
5-7 August
Turkish Jereed Games
Konya
25-26 September
Hadim Grape Harvest Festivities
Hadim
18-20 September
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Museums Mevlana Museum
Detailed Information
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 Meydany - Konya
Tel: (332) 351 19 14
Museum for Monument Graves
Address: Gazi Alemsah Mah. Syrcaly Cad. - Konya
Tel: (332) 352 80 22
Museum for Stone and Wood Works Eserler
Address: Alaattin Meydany - Konya
Tel: (332) 351 32 04
Etnography Museum
Address: Larende Cad. - Konya
Tel: (332) 351 89 58
Aksehir Museum Detailed Information
Address: Dr. Aziz Perkun Cad. No: 94 Aksehir - Konya
Tel: (332) 813 15 68
Eregli Museum Detailed Information
Address: Bulvar Cad. No: 16 Eregli - Konya
Tel: (332) 713 45 92
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
Aksehir Glory Day
Aksehir
24 August
Commemoration Day for Mevlana
Konya
10-17 December
Arrival of Ataturk at Konya
Konya
3 Augus
Festivals:
Cakyllar Strawberry Festival
Aksehir-Cakyllar Town
11 June
Derebucak Wrestling Matches
Derebucak
30 July
Traditional Wrestling Festival
Konya
30 September
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