Afyonkarahisar

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Afyonkarahisar ( also briefly Afyon ) is a city in Turkey. With about 170,000 inhabitants, the Western Anatolia city is the administrative center of the province of Afyonkarahisar.

Geography and transport hub

Afyon is located about 250 km southwest of Ankara in a high level of the internal flow Akar, which branches out there in several side valleys. In the southeast, the highway and railway line runs from Istanbul to Konya.

It crosses in Afyon, the east-west route of the European route E96 ( İzmir - Salihli - Usak - Afyon - Emirdağ - Sivrihisar - Ankara) and branches in other directions, including to Burdur / Antalya.

Name and history

Afyon is the Turkish word for opium. The name under Seljuk rule was Karahisar -ı Sahib, the "Black Castle Sahib ". This goes back to the Seljuk vizier Sahip Ata, who had repaired the castle. The name component Afyon dates from the period after the founding of the Republic.

In the Castle of Afyon itself Hittite settlement traces can be detected. The city was in Roman and Byzantine times Akroinos or Akroinon. From its ancient history is little known. 740 defended the Byzantine emperor Leo III. the city in the Battle of Akroinon successfully against the Arabs. Under Kılıç Arslan I, the city was Seljuk. Since 1382 Afyon was part of the Ottoman Empire. Afyonkarahisar was the capital of a sanjak in the Ottoman Empire. It was its proximity to the independent Principality of Karaman of military importance and is mentioned in connection with various uprisings. Celali the 1602 riots, the revolt of 1631 Ömer Baba and the revolt of Abaza Hasan Pasha in 1658 In 1833, the city was temporarily by Ibrahim Pasha, the son of Muhammad Ali Pasha, occupied.

During the National Liberation War, the Turkish army under Mustafa Kemal Pasha in the Battle of the hill in Afyon Kocatepe from August 26 to August 30, 1922 scored a decisive blow against the Greek troops ( Büyük Taaruz ). Thus, the rapid advance to the coast and the final victory was possible.

During an accident at a munitions depot of the city at least 25 soldiers arrived on September 6th, 2012 perished.

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  • Phrygian Valley ( Frig Vadisi ) with rock tombs
  • Castle of Afyonkarahisar
  • Thermal springs of Gazlıgöl and Sandıklı
  • Great Mosque ( Ulu Cami )
  • Gedik Ahmed Pasha complex of ( Imaret Camii )
  • Archaeological Museum
  • Altıgöz Köprüsü

Specialties

The city of Afyon is known for its mineral springs and spas; also for marble, Afyon Sucuğu ( Smoked minced sausage), Afyon Lokumu ( Turkish honey ) and Kajmak obtained from cow and buffalo milk.

Sports

The football team plays Afyonkarahisarspor in Spor Toto 3 ligament The games are running in the Afyon - Atatürk Stadi.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Ahmet Akyalçın, lawyer, member of the Turkish Constitutional Court President
  • İlker Başbuğ, a former chief of staff
  • Veysel Eroğlu, college professor, politician and Minister
  • Bülent İplikçioğlu, historian and epigraphists
  • Ali Köken, theater, Karagöz and Hacivat master and poet
  • Sibel Özkan, Women's Weightlifting
  • Ahmet Necdet Sezer, a former president of Turkey
  • Nurgül Yeşilçay, Actress

Twinning

  • Germany Hamm, Germany
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