:Konya

Konya is believed to correspond to the Late Bronze Age toponym Ikkuwaniya known from Hittite records.{{cite encyclopedia |title=South Central: The Lower Land and Tarḫuntašša |encyclopedia=Hittite Landscape and Geography |year=2017 |last=Forlanini |first= Massimo |editor-last1=Weeden |editor-first1=Mark |editor-last2=Ullmann |editor-first2=Lee |publisher=Brill| doi=10.1163/9789004349391_022|page=244|isbn=978-90-04-34939-1 }}{{cite book |last=Bryce |first=Trevor|title=The Trojans and their neighbours |date=2006 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=9780415349550 |page=81}} This placename is regarded as Luwian in origin.{{cite book |last1=Klein |first1=Jared |last2=Joseph |first2=Brian |last3=Fritz |first3=Matthias |title=Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cQA2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA239 |year=2017 |publisher=de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-026128-8 |page=239}} During classical antiquity and the medieval period it was known as {{lang|grc|Ἰκόνιον}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|Ikónion}}) in Greek and as {{lang|la|Iconium}} in Latin.{{cite book |last=Bryce |first=Trevor|title=The Trojans and their neighbours |date=2006 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=9780415349550 |page=81}}{{cite book |last1=Klein |first1=Jared |last2=Joseph |first2=Brian |last3=Fritz |first3=Matthias |title=Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cQA2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA239 |year=2017 |publisher=de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-026128-8 |page=239}}

A folk etymology holds that the name {{lang|grc-Latn|Ikónion}} was derived from {{lang|grc|εἰκών}} ('icon'), referring to an ancient Greek legend according to which the hero Perseus vanquished the native population with an image of the "Gorgon Medusa's head" before founding the city.{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/321948/Konya |title=Konya |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=25 May 2015 }}

Konya was known as {{lang|tr|Dârülmülk}} to the Rum Seljuks.{{TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi |url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/konya |title=KONYA İç Anadolu bölgesinde şehir ve bu şehrin merkez olduğu il }}

The Konya region has been inhabited since the third millennium BC and fell at different times under the rule of the Hittites, the Phrygians, the Greeks, the Persians and the Romans. In the 11th century the Seljuk Turks conquered the area and began ruling over its Rûm (Byzantine Greek) inhabitants, making Konya the capital of their new Sultanate of Rum. Under the Seljuks, the city reached the height of its wealth and influence. Following their demise, 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.

File:Roman Sarcophagus (6526103787).jpg Sarcophagus ({{circa|250–260}}) in the Konya Archaeological Museum]]

File:Konya Archaeological Museum, Turkey 04.jpg, the Ancient Greek goddess located in Konya Archaeological Museum]]

File:Konya_archeological_museum_-_sarcophagus1.jpg]]

Excavations have shown that the region was inhabited during the Late Copper Age, around 3000 BC.

The Phrygians established their kingdom in central Anatolia in the eighth century BC and Xenophon describes Iconium (as the city was originally called) as the last city of Phrygia. The region was overwhelmed by Cimmerian invaders {{circa|690 BC}}. Later it formed part of the Persian Empire, until Darius III was defeated by Alexander the Great in 333 BC. Alexander's empire broke up shortly after his death and the town came under the rule of Seleucus I Nicator.

During the Hellenistic period the town was ruled by the kings of Pergamon. As Attalus III, the last king of Pergamon, was about to die without an heir, he bequeathed his kingdom to the Roman Republic. Once incorporated into the Roman Empire, under emperor Claudius, the city's name was changed to Claudiconium. During the reign of emperor Hadrianus it was known as Colonia Aelia Hadriana.

Paul and Silas probably visited Konya during Paul's Second Missionary Journey in about AD 50,{{cite book|last=Ramsay |first=William Mitchell|title=The Cities of St. Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JryEbmKool0C&pg=PA315 |year=1908|publisher=A.C. Armstrong|pages=315–384}}{{cite book|last=Bruce|first=Frederick Fyvie|title=Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rEsgAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA475|year=1977|publisher=Eerdmans|isbn=978-0-8028-3501-7|page=475}} as well as near the beginning of his Third Missionary Journey several years later.{{cite book|last=Bruce|first=Frederick Fyvie|title=Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rEsgAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA475|year=1977|publisher=Eerdmans|isbn=978-0-8028-3501-7|page=286}}

According to the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla, Iconium was also the birthplace of Saint Thecla, who saved the city from attack by the Isaurians in 354.

Under the Byzantine Empire, the city became the seat of a bishop, and in {{circa|370}} was raised to the status of a metropolitan see for Lycaonia, with Saint Amphilochius as the first metropolitan bishop.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Ikonion |last=Foss |first=Clive |page=985 |editor-first=Alexander |editor-last=Kazhdan |editor-link=Alexander Kazhdan |encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium |location=London and New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1991 |isbn=978-0-19-504652-6}} In the 7th century it became part of the Anatolic Theme and was, together with the nearby (Caballa) Kaballah Fortress (Turkish: Gevale Kalesi) ([https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B054'06.4%22N+32%C2%B023'13.3%22E/@37.9017802,32.3848373,843m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d37.9017757!4d32.3870263 location]) a frequent target of Arab attacks during the Arab–Byzantine wars in the eighth to tenth century, being captured by Arabs in 723–724.{{cite book |last1=Whittow |first1=Mark |title=The Making of Byzantium, 600-1025 |date=1996 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520204966 |page=138 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bFh-ASmKksYC |access-date=6 October 2023}} The rebellious general Andronikos Doukas used the Kaballah fortress as his base in 905–906.{{cite book |last1=Heald Jenkins |first1=Romilly James |title=Byzantium The Imperial Centuries, AD 610–1071 |date=1987 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=9780802066671 |page=204 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O5JqH_NXQBsC |access-date=6 October 2023}} During the tenth or eleventh century the church of Saint Amphilochius was constructed inside the citadel of Kaballa, housing the tomb of the saint which the Turks later believed to be the tomb of Plato, renaming the church to Eflâtun Mescidi (mosque of Plato).{{cite journal |last1=Tekinalp |first1=V. Macit |title=Palace churches of the Anatolian Seljuks: tolerance or necessity? |journal=Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies |date=2009 |volume=332 |issue=2 |pages=148–167 |doi=10.1179/174962509X417645}} The monastery of Saint Chariton, another local from Iconium, was located a few miles away in Sylata.{{cite book |last1=Breytenbach |first1=Cilliers |last2=Zimmermann |first2=Christiane |title=Early Christianity in Lycaonia and Adjacent Areas From Paul to Amphilochius of Iconium |date=2017 |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004352520}}

The Seljuk Turks first raided the area in 1069, but a period of chaos overwhelmed Anatolia after the Seljuk victory in the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, and the Norman mercenary leader Roussel de Bailleul rose in revolt at Iconium. The city was finally conquered by the Seljuks in 1084.

{{Main|Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate|Karamanids}}

File:Şadırvan, Konya (cropped).jpg

File:Ince_Minareli_Medrese_01.jpg (1279) in Konya]]

Iconium became the second capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum after the fall of Nicaea until 1243.{{cite book |last=Hiro |first=Dilip |title=Inside Central Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=498oDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT76 |year=2011 |publisher=Gerald Duckworth & Company|isbn=978-0-7156-4038-8|page=76}} It was briefly occupied by the army of the First Crusade (August 1097) and Frederick Barbarossa (May 18, 1190) after the Battle of Iconium (1190). The area was reoccupied by the Turks after the Crusaders left.

File:Mevlana Konya.jpg Mevlevi Order and its Whirling Dervishes are renowned symbols of Konya and Turkey.]]

Konya reached the height of its wealth and influence in the second half of the 12th century when the Seljuk sultans of Rum also subdued the Anatolian beyliks to their east, especially that of the Danishmends, thus establishing their rule over virtually all of eastern Anatolia,. They also acquired several port towns along the Mediterranean (including Alanya) and the Black Sea (including Sinop) and even gained a brief foothold in Sudak, Crimea. This golden age lasted until the first decades of the 13th century.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}

Many Persians and Persianised Turks from Persia and Central Asia migrated to Anatolian cities either to flee the invading Mongols or to benefit from the opportunities for educated Muslims in a newly established kingdom.{{cite book|last=Mango|first=Andrew|author-link=Andrew Mango|title=Discovering Turkey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WkRaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA61|year=1972|publisher=Hastings House|isbn=0-8038-7111-2|page=61|oclc=309327}}

File:Mausoleo Mevlana.jpg (1274) is the last resting place of the Sufi mystic and poet Rumi in Konya, the capital of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate.]]

Following the fall of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate in 1307, Konya became the capital of the Karamanids, a Turkish beylik, which lasted until 1322 when the city was captured by the neighbouring Beylik of Karamanoğlu. In 1420, the Beylik of Karamanoğlu fell to the Ottoman Empire and, in 1453, Konya was made the provincial capital of the Karaman Eyalet.

{{Main|Ottoman Empire|Karaman Eyalet|Vilayet of Konya}}

Under Ottoman rule, Konya was administered by the Sultan's sons (Şehzade), starting with Şehzade Mustafa and Şehzade Cem (the sons of Sultan Mehmed II), and continuing with the future Sultan Selim II.

Between 1483 and 1864, Konya was the administrative capital of the Karaman Eyalet. During the reforming Tanzimat period, it became the seat of the larger Vilayet of Konya which replaced the Karaman Eyalet, as part of the new vilayet system introduced in 1864.

In 1832 Anatolia was invaded by Mehmed Ali Paşa of Kavala whose son, İbrahim Paşa, occupied Konya. Although he was driven out with the help of the European powers, Konya went into a decline after this, as described by the British traveller, William Hamilton, who visited in 1837 and found a scene 'of destruction and decay', as he recorded in his Researches in Asia Minor, Pontus and Armenia, published in 1842.{{Cite book |last=Freely |first=John |title=The Western Interior of Turkey |publisher=SEV |year=1998 |isbn=9758176226 |edition=1st |location=Istanbul |pages=235–36 |language=English}}

Konya's textile and mining industries flourished under the Ottomans.{{Cite journal |last=Chen |first=Yuan Julian |date=2021-10-11 |title=Between the Islamic and Chinese Universal Empires: The Ottoman Empire, Ming Dynasty, and Global Age of Explorations |url=https://www.academia.edu/59068575 |journal=Journal of Early Modern History |volume=25 |issue=5 |pages=422–456 |doi=10.1163/15700658-bja10030 |s2cid=244587800 |issn=1385-3783}}

File:Anatolian Greeks Konya.JPG

During the Turkish War of Independence (1919–1922) Konya was a major air base. In 1922, the air force, renamed as the Inspectorate of Air Forces,{{efn|Turkic:Kuva-yı Havaiye Müfettişliği}} was headquartered in Konya.{{cite web|url=http://www.hvkk.tsk.tr/EN/IcerikDetay.aspx?ID=21|title=Bir Hata Oluştu|website=Hvkk.tsk.tr|access-date=25 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505145921/http://www.hvkk.tsk.tr/EN/IcerikDetay.aspx?ID=21|archive-date=5 May 2015}}{{cite book|last=Kocatürk|first=Utkan|title=Atatürk ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti tarihi kronolojisi, 1918–1938|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5sAfAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA634|year=1983|publisher=Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi|language=tr|page=634}}

Before 1923, 4,000 Orthodox, Turkish-speaking and Greek-speaking Christians lived there. The Greek community numbered approximately 2,500 people who maintained, at their own expense, a church, a boys' school and a girls' school.

In 1923 during the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, the Greeks of the nearby village of Sille were forced to leave as refugees and resettle in Greece.{{cite web|url=http://exchange.ifmsa.org/exchange/explore/lc/4690946|title=IFMSA Exchange Portal|website=Exchange.ifmsa.org|access-date=7 August 2018}}

File:Konya_-_Valilik_-_panoramio.jpg

The first local administration in Konya was founded in 1830 and converted into a municipality in 1876.{{efn|"İhtisab Agalıgi" (Islamic-Ottoman office for public regularity)}} In March 1989, the municipality became a Metropolitan Municipality. As of that date, Konya had three central district municipalities (Meram, Selçuklu, Karatay) and a Metropolitan Municipality.

Home to several industrial parks. The city ranks among the Anatolian Tigers.{{cite web |title=Financial Times: Reports — Anatolian tigers: Regions prove plentiful |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/db1d9cee-7650-11db-8284-0000779e2340.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/db1d9cee-7650-11db-8284-0000779e2340.html |archive-date=2022-12-10 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=7 August 2018 |website=Ft.com}}{{cite web |author=root |title=Anatolian Tigers |url=http://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/anatolian-tigers.asp |access-date=25 May 2015 |work=Investopedia}}{{Cite web |title=Zaman: Anatolian tigers conquering the world |url=http://us.zaman.com.tr/us-tr/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=3660 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130821181544/http://us.zaman.com.tr/us-tr/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=3660 |archive-date=2013-08-21 |access-date=2013-08-21}}{{cite web|url=http://en.kto.org.tr/konyanin-sosyo-ekonomik-yapisi-37s.htm|title=General Overview Of The Konya Economy|website=En.kto.org.tr|access-date=25 May 2015}} In 2012 exports from Konya reached 130 countries. A number of Turkish industrial conglomerates, such as Bera (ex Kombassan) Holding, have their headquarters in Konya.{{Cite web |title=Anasayfa {{!}} Bera Holding |url=https://beraholding.com.tr/ |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=beraholding.com.tr}}

While agriculture-based industries play a role, the city's economy has evolved into a center for the manufacturing of components for the automotive industry; machinery manufacturing; agricultural tools; casting; plastic paints and chemicals; construction materials; paper and packaging; processed foods; textiles; and leather.

Turkey's largest solar farm is located 20 miles east of the city, near Karapınar.{{Cite web |date=2017-05-15 |title=The World's Largest Solar Power Plant in Konya |url=http://trdergisi.com/en/the-worlds-largest-solar-power-plant-in-konya/ |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=TR Dergisi |language=en-US}}

Konya sits in the center of the largest province, in the largest plain (Konya Plain), and is the seventh most heavily populated city in Turkey.{{Cite web |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/Turkey-RBC20.html |title=Turkey: Provinces & Major Cities – Statistics & Maps on City Population |access-date=2013-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114073240/https://www.citypopulation.de/Turkey-RBC20.html |archive-date=2017-01-14 |url-status=dead }}

File:Lake Meke at Night 2.jpg, a large crater lake in Konya Province]]

The city is in the southern part of the Central Anatolia Region with the southernmost side of the province hemmed in by the Taurus Mountains.

Konya has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen classification{{cite web|url=http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/4/439/2007/hessd-4-439-2007.pdf|title=Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification|website=Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions|access-date=7 August 2018}} and a temperate continental (Dc) climate under the Trewartha classification.

Summer daytime temperatures average {{convert|30|°C|0|abbr=on}}, although summer nights are cool. The highest temperature recorded in Konya was {{convert|40.9|°C|0|abbr=on}} on 14 August 2023, closely beating the former record of {{convert|40.6|°C|0|abbr=on}} on 30 July 2000. Winters average {{convert|-4.2|°C|0|abbr=on}}, and the lowest temperature recorded was {{convert|-26.5|°C|0|abbr=on}} on 6 February 1972. Precipitation levels are low and happen mainly in winter (mostly as snow), spring and autumn.

{{Weather box

|location = Konya (1991–2020, extremes 1929–2023)

|metric first = Yes

|single line = Yes

|Jan record high C = 19.3

|Feb record high C = 23.8

|Mar record high C = 28.9

|Apr record high C = 34.6

|May record high C = 34.4

|Jun record high C = 36.7

|Jul record high C = 40.6

|Aug record high C = 40.9

|Sep record high C = 38.8

|Oct record high C = 32.3

|Nov record high C = 25.4

|Dec record high C = 21.8

|year record high C =

|Jan high C = 4.6

|Feb high C = 6.9

|Mar high C = 12.5

|Apr high C = 17.6

|May high C = 22.8

|Jun high C = 27.4

|Jul high C = 31.0

|Aug high C = 30.9

|Sep high C = 26.7

|Oct high C = 20.4

|Nov high C = 12.7

|Dec high C = 6.3

|year high C = 18.3

|Jan mean C = -0.3

|Feb mean C = 1.3

|Mar mean C = 6.0

|Apr mean C = 10.9

|May mean C = 15.9

|Jun mean C = 20.5

|Jul mean C = 24.1

|Aug mean C = 24.0

|Sep mean C = 19.4

|Oct mean C = 13.4

|Nov mean C = 6.2

|Dec mean C = 1.5

|year mean C = 11.9

|Jan low C = -3.9

|Feb low C = -3.3

|Mar low C = 0.2

|Apr low C = 4.4

|May low C = 9.0

|Jun low C = 13.6

|Jul low C = 17.1

|Aug low C = 17.2

|Sep low C = 12.3

|Oct low C = 7.0

|Nov low C = 0.8

|Dec low C = -2.2

|year low C = 6.0

|Jan record low C = -28.2

|Feb record low C = -26.5

|Mar record low C = -16.4

|Apr record low C = -8.6

|May record low C = -1.2

|Jun record low C = 1.8

|Jul record low C = 6.0

|Aug record low C = 5.3

|Sep record low C = -3.0

|Oct record low C = -8.4

|Nov record low C = -20.0

|Dec record low C = -26.0

|year record low C = -28.2

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 35.9

|Feb precipitation mm = 23.1

|Mar precipitation mm = 27.4

|Apr precipitation mm = 34.2

|May precipitation mm = 38.2

|Jun precipitation mm = 27.8

|Jul precipitation mm = 6.5

|Aug precipitation mm = 6.5

|Sep precipitation mm = 15.9

|Oct precipitation mm = 29.7

|Nov precipitation mm = 34.5

|Dec precipitation mm = 45.6

|year precipitation mm = 325.3

|Jan precipitation days = 10.53

|Feb precipitation days = 8.97

|Mar precipitation days = 9.80

|Apr precipitation days = 10.83

|May precipitation days = 12.47

|Jun precipitation days = 8.10

|Jul precipitation days = 3.00

|Aug precipitation days = 2.63

|Sep precipitation days = 4.40

|Oct precipitation days = 7.27

|Nov precipitation days = 7.13

|Dec precipitation days = 10.10

|year precipitation days = 95.2

|Jan humidity = 79.8

|Feb humidity = 73.3

|Mar humidity = 63.4

|Apr humidity = 58.7

|May humidity = 56.1

|Jun humidity = 47.5

|Jul humidity = 38.9

|Aug humidity = 39.4

|Sep humidity = 44.2

|Oct humidity = 57.6

|Nov humidity = 70.1

|Dec humidity = 79.9

|year humidity = 59.0

|Jan sun = 105.4

|Feb sun = 138.4

|Mar sun = 195.3

|Apr sun = 216.0

|May sun = 269.7

|Jun sun = 309.0

|Jul sun = 344.1

|Aug sun = 334.8

|Sep sun = 291.0

|Oct sun = 235.6

|Nov sun = 159.0

|Dec sun = 102.3

|Jand sun = 3.4

|Febd sun = 4.9

|Mard sun = 6.3

|Aprd sun = 7.2

|Mayd sun = 8.7

|Jund sun = 10.3

|Juld sun = 11.1

|Augd sun = 10.8

|Sepd sun = 9.7

|Octd sun = 7.6

|Novd sun = 5.3

|Decd sun = 3.3

|yeard sun = 7.4

|source 1 = Turkish State Meteorological Service{{cite web

| url = https://www.mgm.gov.tr/veridegerlendirme/il-ve-ilceler-istatistik.aspx?k=H&m=KONYA

| title = Resmi İstatistikler: İllerimize Ait Mevism Normalleri (1991–2020)

| publisher = Turkish State Meteorological Service

| language = tr

| access-date = 6 July 2021}}

|source 2 = NOAA (humidity){{cite web

| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Turkiye/CSV/KonyaHavalimani_17244.csv

| title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020: Konya

| format = CSV

| publisher = National Centers for Environmental Information

| access-date = 2 August 2023}}

}}

File:Mevlana_Cultural_Center,_Konya.jpg

Konya has a reputation for being one of the more religiously conservative metropolitan centres in Turkey.{{cite web |date=2004-12-03 |title='Islam problem' baffles Turkey |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4062603.stm |access-date=2019-08-29 |website=BBC News}}

Konya was the final home of Rumi (Mevlana), whose turquoise-domed tomb in the city is its primary tourist attraction. In 1273, Rumi's followers established the Mevlevi Sufi order of Islam and became known as the Whirling Dervishes.

Every Saturday, there are Whirling Dervish performances (semas) at the Mevlana Cultural Centre. Unlike some of the commercial performances staged in cities like Istanbul, these are genuinely spiritual sessions.

Expensive, richly patterned Konya carpets were exported to Europe during the Renaissance{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i3Od9bcGus0C&pg=PA189|title=The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts|last=Campbell|first=Gordon|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2006|isbn=978-0-19-518948-3|volume=1|page=189|chapter=Carpet II: History}} and were draped over furniture to show off the wealth and status of their owners. They often crop up in contemporary oil paintings as symbols of the wealth of the painter's clients.{{cite web |title=Carpets of the Ottoman Period |website=Old Turkish Carpets |date=2019-06-19 |url=http://www.oldturkishcarpets.com/carpets-ottoman-period.html |access-date=2019-08-29}}

File:Alâeddin_Mosque,_Konya_01.jpg (1235) on Alaaddin Hill (Alaaddin Tepesi) in central Konya]]

File:KonyaTaşköprüBeyşehir.jpg, Beyşehir]]

• Mevlâna Museum
• Alaaddin Mosque
• Ince Minaret Medrese—Museum{{Cite web|url=https://www.ktb.gov.tr/EN-113979/konya-museums-and-ruins.html|title=Konya Museums and Ruins|website=www.ktb.gov.tr}}
• Karatay Medrese—Museum
• Sırçalı Medrese
• Sahib-i Ata Mosque complex
• Konya Archaeological and Ethnography Museum{{cite book |last=McLean |first=B. Hudson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BYQaAAAAYAAJ |title=Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the Konya Archaeological Museum |date=2018 |publisher=British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara |isbn=978-1-898249-14-6 |access-date=7 August 2018 |via=Google Books}}
• Koyunoğlu Museum
• Atatürk House Museum
• Mevlana Cultural Centre{{cite web | url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/turkey/central-anatolia/konya/entertainment/mevlana-culture-centre/a/poi-ent/1269365/360882 | title=Mevlâna Culture Centre {{pipe}} Konya, Turkey {{pipe}} Entertainment - Lonely Planet }}
• Mevlana Festival
• Selimiye Mosque
• Aziziye Mosque
• [https://www.konyabilimmerkezi.com/ Konya Science Centre (Turkish: Konya Bilim Merkezi)]
• Konya Tropical Butterfly Garden
• Meram, suburb with popular waterside picnicking facilities
• Sille, {{convert|8|km|abbr=off}} northwest from Mevlana Museum: antique village, mosques, churches, cave churches and catacombs
• Çatalhöyük

One of the city's best-known dishes, etli ekmek consists of slices of lamb served on flaps of soft white bread.{{cite web |title=Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi |url=http://www.konya.bel.tr/sayfadetay.php?sayfaID=161 |access-date=2019-08-29 |website=Konya.bel.tr |language=tr |archive-date=2018-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808011509/http://www.konya.bel.tr/sayfadetay.php?sayfaID=161 |url-status=dead }} Konya is also known for unfeasibly long pides (Turkish pizzas) intended to be shared, and tirit, a traditional rice dish made from meat and assorted vegetables.

File:Tirit Kofte.jpg

Konya is also known for its sweets, including cezerye, an old Turkish sweet made from carrots, and pişmaniye, which is similar to American cotton candy.

File:TORKU_ARENA_-_panoramio.jpg in Konya]]

The city's football team Konyaspor is part of the Turkish Professional Football League. On May 31, 2017, they won their first national trophy, beating İstanbul Başakşehir to the Türkiye Kupası in a penalty shootout. They repeated this success on August 6, 2017, defeating Beşiktaş to win the Türkiye Süper Kupası (Turkish Super Bowl).

Konya Metropolitan Stadium (Konya Büyükşehir Stadyumu) is in the Selçuklu neighbourhood and can seat up to 42,000 spectators.

The city hosted the 2022 Islamic Solidarity Games in August 2022.

Founded in 1975, Selçuk University had the largest number of students (76,080) of any public university in Turkey during the 2008–09 academic year.{{cite web |title=Small Ruminant Congress |website=kucukbas2014.com |date=2014-10-18 |url=http://kucukbas2014.com/EN/Icerik.aspx?ID=27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018012849/http://kucukbas2014.com/EN/Icerik.aspx?ID=27 |archive-date=2014-10-18 |url-status=unfit |access-date=2019-08-29}}{{better source needed|date=December 2021}} The other public university, Necmettin Erbakan University, was established in Konya in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.konya.edu.tr/sayfa/tarihce?lang=en|title=Konya Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi|access-date=25 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427141633/http://www.konya.edu.tr/sayfa/tarihce?lang=en|archive-date=27 April 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{better source needed|date=December 2021}}

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Private colleges in Konya include the KTO Karatay University.{{cite web|url=http://www.karatay.edu.tr/ |title=KTO Karatay Üniversitesi |website=Karatay.edu.tr |access-date=2011-09-16}}{{better source needed|date=December 2021}}

Konya hosts the Anatolian Eagle Tactical Training Centre for training NATO Allies and friendly Air Forces.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150525144734/http://www.anadolukartali.tsk.tr/default.asp?loc=en Official Web Site]{{better source needed|date=December 2021}}

File:TCDD HT65000 high-speed train.jpg on the Ankara–Konya line of the Turkish State Railways]]

File:Tramvaj 28T.jpg tram produced for the upcoming Konya Metro]]

The central bus station has connections to a range of destinations, including Istanbul, Ankara and İzmir. It is connected to the town centre by a tram.

The Konya Tram network is {{cvt|41|km}} long and has two lines with 41 stations. Opened in 1992, it was expanded in 1996 and 2015. The Konya Tram uses Škoda 28 T vehicles.{{cite web |title=Škoda Transportation wins Konya tram contract |website=Railway Gazette |date=2013-03-04 |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/urban/single-view/view/skoda-transportation-wins-konya-tram-contract.html |access-date=2019-08-29}}

Work began on building a Konya Metro in 2020 and is expected to be completed in 2024 and will have 22 stations.{{Cite web |last=Uysal |first=Onur |date=2020-10-01 |title=Last status of metro and tram projects of Turkey |url=https://railturkey.org/2020/10/01/last-status-of-metro-and-tram-projects-of-turkey/ |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=Rail Turkey En |language=en}}

Konya also has an extensive inner-city bus network.

Konya is connected to Ankara, Eskişehir, Istanbul and Karaman via the high-speed railway services of the Turkish State Railways.{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/ankara-konya-fast-line-completes-strategic-link.html|publisher=Railway Gazette|title=Opening of Ankara – Konya fast line completes strategic link|date=24 August 2011|access-date=2013-02-12}}{{cite web |title=Invensys commissions ERTMS solution on Turkish High Speed Line |url=http://www.europeanrailwayreview.com/10456/rail-industry-news/invensys-commissions-ertms-solution-on-turkish-high-speed-line/ |publisher=European Railway Review |access-date=20 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106171548/http://www.europeanrailwayreview.com/10456/rail-industry-news/invensys-commissions-ertms-solution-on-turkish-high-speed-line/ |archive-date=6 January 2012 |date=7 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}

Konya Airport (KYA) is a public airport but also a military airbase used by NATO. The Third Air Wing{{efn|Ana Jet Üssü or AJÜ}} of the 1st Air Force Command{{efn|Hava Kuvvet Komutanlığı}} is based at the Konya Air Base. The wing controls the four Boeing 737 AEW&C Peace Eagle aircraft of the Turkish Air Force.{{cite web|url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/25862115.asp|title=TSK yeni yıldızı Barış Kartalı'na kavuştu|author=Mehmet Kayhan YILDIZ- Hasan BÖLÜKBAŞ- Serdar ÖZGÜR- Tolga YANIK- Hasan DÖNMEZ/ KONYA,(DHA)|work=HÜRRİYET – TÜRKİYE'NİN AÇILIŞ SAYFASI|date=21 February 2014 |access-date=25 May 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/news-340130-turkey-takes-delivery-of-military-aircraft.html |title=Turkey takes delivery of military aircraft |work=TodaysZaman |access-date=25 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222140311/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-340130-turkey-takes-delivery-of-military-aircraft.html |archive-date=February 22, 2015}}

• Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, also called Mawlana or Mevlana, the inspiration behind the Sufi Mevlevi order (known for the Whirling Dervishes and Masnavi). He died and was buried in Konya in 1273.{{cite book |last1=Battutah |first1=Ibn |title=The Travels of Ibn Battutah |date=2002 |publisher=Picador |isbn=978-0-330-41879-9 |location=London |pages=106, 309}}
• Amphilochius of Iconium, fourth century Christian bishop.{{Cite journal|last=Thonemann|first=Peter|date=2011-05-04|title=Amphilochius of Iconium and Lycaonian Asceticism|journal=Journal of Roman Studies|volume=101|pages=185–205|doi=10.1017/s0075435811000037|s2cid=162127197|issn=0075-4358}}
• Prokopios Lazaridis, Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop of the Metropolis of Iconium{{cite book|last=Savramis|first=Demosthenes|title=Die soziale Stellung des Priesters in Griechenland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GYbRAAAAMAAJ|year=1968|publisher=E. J. Brill|trans-title=Social position of the priest in Greece |language=de}}{{cite book|last=Kiminas|first=Demetrius|title=The ecumenical patriarchate : a history of its metropolitanates with annotated hierarch catalogs|date=2009|publisher=Borgo Press|location=San Bernardino, CA|isbn=978-1-4344-5876-6|page=100|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QLWqXrW2X-8C&pg=PA100 }}
• Murat Yıldırım (actor), actor and presenter
• Hilmi Şenalp (1957-), architect.{{cite book |last1=Rizvi |first1=Kishwar |title=The Transnational Mosque: Architecture and Historical Memory in the Contemporary Middle East |date=2015 |publisher=UNC Press Books |isbn=978-1-4696-2117-3 |pages=56 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n1m0CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA64 |access-date=16 May 2020 |language=en}}

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Turkey}}

Konya is twinned with:

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• {{flagicon|ROU}} Bârlad, Romania
• {{flagicon|AZE}} Ganja, Azerbaijan
• {{flagicon|IRN}} Nishapur, Iran{{cite web|url=http://tehrantimes.com/arts-and-culture/3268-rumi-remembered-in-birth-place-of-shams|title=Rumi Remembered in Birthplace of Shams|access-date=21 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407030029/http://tehrantimes.com/arts-and-culture/3268-rumi-remembered-in-birth-place-of-shams|archive-date=7 April 2015}}
• {{flagicon|SUD}} Al Qadarif, Sudan
• {{flagicon|DE}} Berlin, Germany
• {{flagicon|AZE}} Sheki, Azerbaijan
• {{flagicon|BAN}} Sylhet, Bangladesh
• {{flagicon|PAK}} Multan, Pakistan
• {{flagicon|JPN}} Kyoto, Japan
• {{flagicon|MKD}} Tetovo, North Macedonia[http://www.konya.bel.tr/detail.php?id=2519 Kyoto İle Kardeş Şehir Protokolü İmzalandı, Heyet Japon Parkı'nı Gezdi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016211322/http://www.konya.bel.tr/detail.php?id=2519 |date=2014-10-16 }}, Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi (2010)
• {{flagicon|CHN}} Xi'an, China
• {{flagicon|HUN}} Ráckeve, Hungary
• {{flagicon|IRQ}} Kirkuk, Iraq{{cite web |title=Turkish FM's speech to Kirkuk's Turkmen community |url=https://ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2012/8/kirkuk744.htm |website=ekurd.net |access-date=13 May 2024}}{{cite web |title=UNPO: Iraqi Turkmen: Turkey Promises Protection Of Turkmen |url=https://unpo.org/article/14669 |website=unpo.org |date=2 November 2009 |access-date=13 May 2024}}

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• Mevlâna Museum
• Anatolian Tigers
• Konya Carpets and Rugs
• Theodosius the Cenobiarch (c. 423–529 AD), monk, abbot, and saint born in Iconium; a founder and organiser of the cenobitic way of monastic life
• Thecla or Tecla, first-century virgin saint of the early Christian Church, born in Iconium

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General

• {{cite web|title=About Konya/ Geography and Transportation|url=http://www.kso.org.tr/sayfa/en/geography-and-transportation-1|website=Konya Sanayi Odasi|access-date=November 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903005144/http://www.kso.org.tr/sayfa/en/geography-and-transportation-1|archive-date=September 3, 2017|url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web|last1=Gould|first1=Kevin|title=Konya, In a Whirl of its Own|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/apr/10/konya-turkey-jelaluddin-rumi-dervish|website=The Guardian|date=9 April 2010|access-date=November 12, 2016}}
• {{cite web|title=7 Good Eats in Konya|url=http://www.mytravelingjoys.com/2012/03/7-good-eats-in-konya-turkey.html|website=My Traveling Joys|access-date= November 12, 2016}}

Published in the 19th century

• {{Cite book |publisher=J. Murray |location=London |title=Handbook for Travellers in Turkey |edition=3rd |date=1854 |oclc=2145740 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/ahandbookfortra22firgoog#page/n252/mode/2up |chapter=Konia}}
• {{cite book |title=Konia, la ville des derviches tourneurs |language=fr |author=Clément Huart |location=Paris |publisher=Leroux |year=1897 |isbn=9780524077849 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qk-0eJT66AUC|author-link=Clément Huart }}

Published in the 20th century

• {{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Konia |volume=15 |last=Hogarth |first=David George |author-link=David George Hogarth |page=893 |short=1}}
• {{cite book |chapter=Konya/Catal Huyuk |author=E. Broadrup |title=International Dictionary of Historic Places |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn |year=1995 |location=Chicago}}

Published in the 21st century

• {{cite book |title=Historic Cities of the Islamic World |editor=C. Edmund Bosworth |year=2007 |publisher=Koninklijke Brill |location=Leiden |chapter=Konya}}
• {{cite book |chapter=Konya |title=Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture |year=2009 |publisher=Oxford University Press}}

{{Commons|Konya}}

{{EB1911 Poster|Konia}}

• {{Wikivoyage-inline}}
• [https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/321948/Konya Britannica.com: Konya]

• [http://www.selcuksozluk.org/nedir/konya/ More information about Konya] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229052145/http://www.selcuksozluk.org/nedir/konya/ |date=2017-12-29 }}
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040621225230/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/?id=100462 Emporis: Database of highrises and other structures in Konya]}}
• [http://www.tulpart.com/pic.asp?cmd=6&cid=2155 Detailed Pictures of Mevlana Museum]
• [http://www.tulpart.com/pic.asp?cmd=1&cid=19 Pictures of the city, including Mevlana Museum and several Seljuk buildings]
• [http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/konya_turkey 600 Pictures of the city and sights]
• [http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/mevlana Extensive collection of pictures of the Mevlana museum in Konya]
• {{cite book|last=Ramsay |first=William Mitchell|title=The Cities of St. Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JryEbmKool0C&pg=PA315 |year=1908|publisher=A.C. Armstrong|pages=315–384}}
• [https://havadurumu24.com.tr/2002/konya Konya Hava Durumu]
• [https://www.havadurumu15gunluk.net/havadurumu/konya-hava-durumu-15-gunluk.html Konya Hava Durumu 15 günlük]
• {{cite web |author=ArchNet.org |publisher=MIT School of Architecture and Planning |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |url=http://archnet.org/library/places/one-place.jsp?place_id=1839 |title=Konya |access-date=2013-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023232056/http://archnet.org/library/places/one-place.jsp?place_id=1839 |archive-date=2012-10-23 |url-status=dead }}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.islamicarchitecturedatabase.org/ircica/index2.php?page=Country&id=52 |title=Konya |work=Islamic Cultural Heritage Database |publisher=Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture |location=Istanbul |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516092953/http://www.islamicarchitecturedatabase.org/ircica/index2.php?page=Country&id=52 |archive-date=May 16, 2013}}

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