AREA: 38.183 km²
POPULATION: 1.750.303 (1990)
TRAFFIC CODE: 42
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.
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
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
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
Akşehir
5-7 August
Turkish Jereed Games
Konya
25-26 September
Hadim Grape Harvest Festivities
Hadim
18-20 September
Top Picture: Theological School With Thin Minarets (1260-1264)
Bottom Picture: View from the Samah ritual
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