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City in south-central Turkey
Photo: Fethullahkizilkaya, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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.
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This covers the history of this region from the Stone Ages through to the Ottoman period. It also includes Hatuniye Medresesi adjacent, an ornately decorated madressa.
Very central, some street noise, mid-range going on basic but they mostly keep it clean.
This is one of the closest to the railway station, fine for a stopover.
A good choice in Karaman, clean and modern with spa and pool.
Modern high-rise with conference facilities, edge of town but convenient for motorists and buses.
By train
High-speed YHT trains run twice a day from Ankara (3 hr) and Istanbul (6 hr), both via Konya (50 min) and Çumra.
By bus
The main highway D715 between Konya (100 km north) and Mersin passes through Karaman. Here Highway D350 branches east via Eregdi to Kayseri and points east.
Walking will get you to all points of interest within the city. Dolmuses ply all the main streets.
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