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Konya, historically known as Iconium, is the biggest Turkish province in terms of area. It is on the central plateau of Anatolia.

Iconium is an ancient city, visited by Saint Paul according to the Book of Acts. In Christian legend, it was also the birthplace of Saint Thecla.

From 1097 to 1243 it was the capital of the Seljuk Sultans of Rüm, though temporarily occupied by the Crusaders Godfrey of Bouillon (August 1097) and Frederick Barbarossa (May 18, 1190).

Konya reached its height of wealth and influence from 1205 to 1239 when the sultans controlled all of Anatolia, Armenia, some of the Middle East and also Crimea. In 1219, the city was filled with refugees from the Khwarezmid Empire in Persia, fleeing the advance of the Mongols who had defeated the Shah of Khwarezmid, Muhammad II. In 1243, Konya was captured by Mongols as well. The city remained the capital of the Turkish puppet-ruler under the Mongol warlord Möngke Khan.

Following the fall of the Sultanate of Rüm, Konya was made an emirate in 1307 to 1322 when it was captured by the Karamanids. In 1420, Karamanid fell to the Ottoman Empire and, in 1453, Konya was made the provincial capital of the Ottoman Province of Karamanid.

Both Saladin and the Ottoman Sultan Selim II has built mosques in Konya. The tomb of Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, a mystical poet and founder of The Whirling Dervishes, is located here.

Business and Economy

Please submit sites to the most appropriate locality. Sites specifically about, or with contact details in more than one locality within the province, or where the locality is not yet listed, may be submitted to the appropriate subcategory here.

Sites with contact details in, or providing information about, more than one province within the Central Anatolia Region only, should be submitted to the most appropriate subcategory of the Central Anatolia Region.

Sites with contact details in, or providing information about, more than one region, should be submitted to the most appropriate subcategory of Turkey.

Tips for Faster Acceptance:

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