To catch a glimpse of Turkey at play jump into any dolmuş heading along Meram Yeni Yol (New Road) and get out at…
An imposing and interesting caravanserai, the Zazadın Hanı lurks roughly 20km east of Konya near the village of Tömek. Commissioned by the great…
Until recently, the architectural heritage of the Selçuks, who ruled most of Anatolia from 1037 until 1307, tended to be overshadowed by that…
There I was in a newly opened museum in Konya that was entirely bereft of other visitors, no doubt in part because it…
Turkey’s oldest town? The most famous attraction near Konya is probably the Neolithic site and world heritage site at Çatalhöyük (Fork Mound), near…
“Sultan’s Han” Population:…
“Slap” village Population: 1,200 Other names: Subaşı, Sylata The pretty little village of Sille, just to the north…
“Black Spring” town Population: 36,000 Old name:…
Last resting place of the Mevlana Population: 1,250,000 Old names: İconium, Darulmülk, Rum,…
Central Anatolia – an overview İstanbul and the coast aside, Central Anatolia is probably the most visited part of Turkey, mainly because of…