Things to Do in Konya: Places and Attractions

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Zazadin Han is a 13th-century Anatolian Seljuk caravanserai located near the Selçuklu district in Konya. The han is on the Konya-Aksaray road, approximately 22 kilometers from the city center.

Dokuzun Han, located in the Selçuklu district of Konya on the Akşehir-Konya highway, was built in 1210 during the reign of Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev I by Emir Hacı İbrahim Ibn Abu Bakr, with architect Osman bin Abdurrahman. This historic caravanserai belongs to the class of complex hans, featuring both open courtyard and covered sections. The structure also served as a guard post during the Ottoman period and underwent extensive excavation and restoration work in the 1990s. After serving as a restaurant for a period, it is currently vacant.

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Konya Atatürk Monument is the second monument of the Republic of Turkey, built after the Sarayburnu Atatürk Monument. The 1926 monument, commissioned to Austrian sculptor Heinrich Krippel, was placed in Hükûmet Square on Konya İstasyon Street.

Isaura Palaea, in Latin Isaura Vetus, both meaning Old Isaura, and perhaps identical to Isauropolis, was a Roman and Byzantine era town in southern Turkey. In antiquity the city was in Isauria district of Lycaonia in today's southern Turkey. Its site is identified as near Bozkır.

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Kadin Han is a historic caravanserai located in the Kadınhanı district of Konya, built in 1223 or 1226 by Raziye (Devlet) Hatun, the wife of Seljuk Sultan Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev I. The structure was constructed using spolia from Roman and Byzantine periods. Only the covered section of the han has survived to the present day, and after restoration, it was used as a furniture store. The Kadınhanı district is named after this han.

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The Yalburt Hittite Pool, located 23 kilometers northwest of Ilgın in Konya, is a historic site discovered by chance during road construction in 1970. This rectangular pool, measuring 13 by 8 meters, is made of 20 limestone blocks with Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions on their inner surfaces. The inscriptions mention the name and campaigns of Hittite King Tudhaliya IV. The pool is currently dry because its water source was diverted to nearby villages in the 1970s.

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Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

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