KONYA TRAVEL GUIDE AND TOURIST ATTRACTIONS FOR 2024

An important trade and accommodation centre on the historic Silk Road...

About Konya

Konya was the capital of the Anatolian Seljuk Empire for more than two hundred years and is a culturally rich city with many museums and countless works of historical importance. Konya is also renowned as the home of the Mevlana dervish order, which has a profoundly humanistic philosophy, and as the home of other great figures of Islam.
Mevlana Muzesi Konya
Mevlana Muzesi Konya

Transport

  •   By Road: There are bus connections between Konya and everywhere in Turkey
  •   By Air: There are return flights from Konya to Istanbul every day.
  •   By Rail: Konya has a large network of connections to many places.

Climate

In Konya, the winters are hard and cold with some snow, while summers are hot and dry. The annual average temperature is 11.5 degrees Celsius. The coldest month is January (average 0 degrees Celsius), the hottest month July (average 23 degrees Celsius).
Mevlana Mausoleum
Mevlana Mausoleum

Places to See

  •   Catalhoyuk
  •   Ancient City of Kilistra
  •   Sille Aya-Elana Church
  •   Ivriz Kabartmasi (Relief)
  •   Mevlana Mausoleum
  •   Selcuklu Kosku (Kiosk)

Museums

  •   Mevlana Museum
  •   Archaelogy Museum
  •   Earthenware Goods / Tile Works Museum
  •   Tomb Monument Museum
  •   Stone and Wood Works Museum
  •   Ethnographical Museum
  •   Aksehir Museum
  •   Eregli Museum
  •   Ataturk Museum
  •   Karatay Museum (Medrese)
  •   Ince Minare Museum
  •   Sircali Tomb Monument Museum
  •   Koyunoglu Museum
  •   Aksehir Archaelogy Museum
  •   Aksehir Ataturk Museum

Excursions and Outings

  •   Sille (Byzantine rock churches)
  •   Aksehir (Nasredding Hoca Tomb)
  •   Catalhoyuk

Special Events

Mevlana Commemoration Ceremonies (December)

Sports

  •   Hunting
  •   Bicycle Tours
Konya, Turkey
Konya, Turkey

Food

  •   Soups
  •   tagya
  •   lentil ogmac
  •   arapasi
  •   tandir (tandoori)
  •   okra
  •   milk
  •   tutmac and eriste (homemade macaroni)
  •   Meals with meat
  •   oven kebab
  •   etliekmek (pitta topped with mincemeat)
  •   cullama
  •   iki bicak arasi ciger (liver)
  •   topalak meatballs
  •   cella
  •   sour marrow
  •   marrow with egg
  •   zulbiye (papaz yahisi)
  •   patlican bayiltan (aubergine)
  •   lahana kapamasi (cabbage)
  •   patlican bogurmesi (aubergine)
  •   cpopleme
  •   Types of borek (pastry)
  •   cheese
  •   mincemeat
  •   kikirdakli borek
  •   tandoori
  •   su
  •   sedirler
  •   tatar

Shopping

Carpets and rugs woven in the villages, Mevlana and Konya mementoes.

Efes Convention Center

Sehit Nevris Bey Bulvari no : 2
Alsancak / IZMIR
Tel : +90 232 445 48 56
Fax : +90 232 445 47 57

Conference Facilities

This is Izmir's principal congress centre boasting 12 meeting halls, a 5000 square metres fair and exhibition area, 3320 person meeting capacity, 1410 person banquet capacity.

Technical Services

Visual communicatins equipment, fax, telephone, computer, internet connection, ventilation, catering services, car park, car hire service.

Konya International Fair, Konya Convention Centre

Konya International Fair Area
Konya Conference Centre


KTO-TUYAP Konya Internatinal Fair Area

Aksaray Yolu 1. km
KONYA
Tel : +90 332 345 29 29-30-31
Fax : +90 232 445 00 40

Conference Facilities

With 850,000 square metres of indoor and open air exhibition space, this is Turkey's fourth largest conference centre.

Technical Services

Every type of technological infrastructure (pneumatic system, water, waste, 1,200 KW electrical power, English, Turkish, German, Arabian secretarial services, world standard telephone, fax, internet communications, VIP and management suites, private security and control system, hostess services, first aid services, courier service, restaurant, 500 vehicle private car park for exhibitors, 3,500 vehicle open air car park, 50 vehicle truck park).


Konya, Turkey - Home of Mevlana and Dervishes





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