page_title: Konya
section_title: Main sights
hierarchical_section_title: Konya / Main sights
caption_attribution_description: TORKU ARENA
context_page_description: Konya is a major city in south-central Turkey, on south-western edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau and is the seventh-most-populous city in Turkey with a metropolitan population of over 2.2 million. Konya is a large and industrially developed city and the capital of Konya Province.
  The Konya region has been inhabited since the 3rd millennium BC. Known as Iconium during classical antiquity, the city was ruled successively by the Phrygian, Persian, Hellenistic and Roman civilizations. In the 11th century the Seljuk Turks conquered the area from the Byzantines, and Konya then became the capital of the Sultanate of Rum. Under the Seljuks, the city reached the height of its wealth and influence. Following the demise of Rum, Konya came under the rule of the Karamanids, before being taken over by the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century. After the Turkish War of Independence the city became part of the modern Republic of Turkey.
context_section_description: Sille, 8 kilometres (5.0 miles) northwest from Mevlana Museum: antique village, mosques, churches, cave churches and catacombs
  Ince Minaret Medrese—Museum
  Karatay Medrese—Museum
  Konya Ethnography Museum
  Konya Archaeological Museum
  Atatürk's House Museum
  Mevlâna Museum
caption: Konya Büyükşehir Stadium in Konya
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