A day of architecture

After a good night in the house of Haluk and Dilek, Haluk asked us if we wanted to go to Konya. He said Konya was one of the most beautiful places in Turkey for the architecture. For us it was OK so we went to Konya. And we can confirm Haluk said the truth. On this post, you will see a lot of pictures of the beautiful buildings. The first thing we’ve done, was a visit to the Museum. We learnt a lot of things about the history and the present situation in Konya. We walk further and saw a big building. We asked Haluk what was that big building and it proved to be a post office.

Konya is one of the most religious centers in Turkey. That’s why the inhabitants of the city has a sumptuous mosque called the Alaeddin mosque.

Konya also owns the biggest university in Turkey with around 76.000 students. We also visited the cultural centre, the Konya Train Station, the Alaeddin Hill Park, the Kombassan Tower and much more incredible places.

It was difficult to put all our pictures, so we made a collage.

On the way back to Antalya we passed through Isparta. In that city there was one special thing. Their main economic activity is the creation of rose water and rugs. We did not stay too long in Isparta but we can say it was a interesting stop and the inhabitants are very hospitable, just like Haluk and his wife.

As you can see, not much text on that post of our blog. That’s because Konya is a city you have to SEE. Lots of images in our heads. Icons.. is the meaning of Konya and that’s not a coincidence.