Karaman Province is a province of south-central Turkey. Its area is 8,678 km2, and its population is 260,838 (2022). According to the 2000 census, the population was 243,210. The population density is 30 people/km2. The traffic code is 70. The capital is the city of Karaman. Karaman was the location of the Karamanid Beylik, which came to an end in 1486.
Manisa Province is a province and metropolitan municipality in western Turkey. Its area is 13,339 km2, and its population is 1,468,279 (2022). Its neighboring provinces are İzmir to the west, Aydın to the south, Denizli to the southeast, Uşak to the east, Kütahya to the northeast, and Balıkesir to the north. The city of Manisa is the seat and capital of the province. The traffic code is 45.
Aksaray Province is a province in central Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Konya along the west and south, Ankara to the northwest, Niğde to the southeast, Nevşehir to the east, and Kırşehir to the north. Its area is 7,659 km2, and its population is 433,055 (2022). The provincial capital is the city of Aksaray.
Aksaray is a city in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Aksaray Province and Aksaray District. Its population is 247,147 (2021). In 2021 the province had an estimated population of 429,069 distributed over about 7,659 km2 (2,957 sq mi). The average elevation is 980 m (3,215 ft), with the highest point being Mt. Hasan at 3,268 m (10,722 ft).
Ihlara, formerly known as Chliára is a town (belde) and municipality in the Güzelyurt District, Aksaray Province, Turkey. The population is 2,289 (2021). It is situated at about 40 km (25 mi) from the province seat of Aksaray and near the town of Güzelyurt. The township is famed for the nearby valley of the same name, Ihlara Valley, which is a 16 km (10 mi) long gorge cut into volcanic rock in the southern part of Cappadocia, following several eruptions of Mount Erciyes. The Melendiz River flows through the valley.
Güzelyurt, meaning 'beautiful homeland', formerly Gelveri, is a town in Aksaray Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, at a distance of 45 km (28 mi) from the city of Aksaray. It is the seat of Güzelyurt District. Its population is 2,570 (2021). Its elevation is 1,485 m (4,872 ft).
Mokissos or Mokisos or Mokison (Μωκισόν) was a town of ancient Cappadocia. The Romans called the city Mocisus or Mocissus, and Mocisum, and after the city was rebuilt by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian (527-565), it was renamed Justinianopolis (Ἰουστινιανούπολις). Justinian made Mocisus the capital of the province of Cappadocia Tertia, and elevated its bishopric to the rank of ecclesiastical metropolis, with an eparchia that stretched south of the Halys River, the longest river of Asia Minor. The name Justinianopolis was retained until the end of Byzantine rule. Stephanus of Byzantium calls the town Moukissos (Μούκισσος). In the Synecdemus, the name appears as Rhegemoukisos (Ῥεγεμουκισός) and Rhegekoukisos (Ῥεγεκουκισός), the latter evidently an error.
Varagavank was an Armenian monastery on the slopes of Mount Erek, 9 km (5.6 mi) southeast of the city of Van, in eastern Turkey.
Saint Bartholomew Monastery was a medieval Armenian monastery in the historic province of Vaspurakan, 23 km north-east from the town of Başkale, in present-day Turkey's Van Province, near the Iranian border. The monastery was built on the traditional site of martyrdom of Bartholomew the Apostle, who is reputed to have brought Christianity to Armenia in the first century. Along with Thaddeus the Apostle, Bartholomew is considered the patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church. It was a prominent pilgrimage site prior to the Armenian genocide. Today, it is heavily ruined and the dome entirely gone.
Taşpınar is a town (belde) and municipality in the Aksaray District, Aksaray Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,759 (2021).
Belisırma is a village in Güzelyurt District, Aksaray Province, Turkey. Its population is 502 (2021). The distance to Güzelyurt is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) and to Aksaray is 42 kilometres (26 mi). Although a small village, Belisırma is well known because of various ruins around it. The church ruins of Ala, Bezirhane, Karagedik and Direkli are Byzantine cave churches.
Yeşilova is a town (belde) and municipality in the Aksaray District, Aksaray Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,917 (2021). At 38°24′N33°50′E it is 18 kilometres (11 mi) to Aksaray. The settlement was founded in 1517 by a small Turkmen clan from Iran. Iran is also known as Acem and the settlement was named accordingly. The mound near the settlement was named as Acemhöyük, which is now thought to be the tumulus of Purushanda an ancient settlement. In 1928 Yeşilova was declared a township.
Akören is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Aladağ, Adana Province, Turkey. Its population is 906 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). Muafak Yılmazoğlu was its muhtar as of 2024.
Gökçe is a village in the Aksaray District, Aksaray Province, Turkey. Its population is 509 (2021).
Devedamı is a village in the Ortaköy District, Aksaray Province, Turkey. Its population is 578 (2021). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).
Harmandalı is a village in the Ortaköy District, Aksaray Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,078 (2021). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). It is the presumed location of Nyssa, an ancient city and former bishopric in Cappadocia, which remains a titular see in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Latin Catholic Church.
Ozancık is a village in the Ortaköy District, Aksaray Province, Turkey. Its population is 812 (2021). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).
The ruins of the Üçayak Byzantine Church are found in Kırşehir Province in Central Anatolia, Turkey. The church is unique in several respects. It is built on a remote location, without any evidence of any artefacts in the surrounding area, apparently in a completely isolated place, with no signs of human habitation.
The Ihlara Valley is a canyon which is 15 km long and up to 150 m deep in the southwest of the Turkish region of Cappadocia, in the municipality of Güzelyurt, Aksaray Province. The valley contains around 50 rock-hewn Christian churches and numerous rock-cut buildings.
Aksaray District is a district of Aksaray Province of Turkey. Its seat is the city Aksaray. Its area is 3,540 km2, and its population is 315,222 (2021).
