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Central Anatolia, Türkiye
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South Central Anatolia forms the southern third of Central Anatolia.
Konya, Nevşehir and Kayseri airports have daily flights from Istanbul (mostly from IST, less frequently from SAW).
Read in the guideBuses and dolmuşes link the region's towns, and car hire is readily available.
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Konya is a city in Central Anatolia in Turkey, known as the city of "whirling dervishes" and for its outstanding Seljuk architecture. In 2021 Konya metropolis had a population of 2,277,017, the sixth largest in Turkey, but the area of most interest is compact.
Karaman is an industrial city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, with a population in 2012 of 141,630. It has an interesting medieval centre, with a castle and several mosques and museums, and it's also a stopover on the overland routes to Adana and Cyprus.
Aksaray is a city in Central Anatolia, 240 km southeast of Ankara and about 50 km west of Cappadocia. In 2021 the city had a population of 247,147, with another 68,000 living in the small towns and villages of Aksaray Province.
Kayseri is a city in Central Anatolia, 350 km southeast of Ankara. In 2021 the population was 1.2 million.
Hacıbektaş is a town in South Central Anatolia, with a population of 5325 in 2022. It's the site of the shrine of Haji Bektash Veli, a 13th century Sufi saint and philosopher, and a pilgrimage destination.
Kırşehir is a city in South Central Anatolia, 180 km southeast of Ankara, at an elevation of 1027 m. In 2022 it had a population of 150,700.
Niğde is a city in Central Anatolia in Turkey. In 2020 the city had a population of 161,110, with another 70,000 in the surrounding province.
Nevşehir is a city in Cappadocia, with a population of 118,000 in 2020. It traditionally made carpets and wine, but the main business today is tourism.
Göreme (pronounced gur-reh-meh) is a town in the Cappadocia region of Turkey, with a population of 2034 in 2022. It's at the heart of the "fairy chimney" landscape, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list, with soft volcanic tuff eroded into fantastical rock formations and excavated into cave dwellings.
Uçhisar is a small town in Cappadocia where pinnacles of soft tuff have been hollowed out into bastions and dwellings. Uç hisar means "outermost fort", the fortified main pinnacle.
This page describes a village in Cappadocia. For the district in Northern Cyprus, see Güzelyurt (Northern Cyprus) Güzelyurt is a village in Central Anatolia, on the west edge of Cappadocia 48 km southeast of Aksaray.
Çatalhöyük is the remains of a Stone Age town in the South Central Anatolia region of Turkey. In 2012 it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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