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Car Hire Konya - Konya as a car rental destination

Konya is a city in Central Anatolia with more than one million inhabitants. It is the capital of Konya Province. With Car Hire Konya moving around the city and its surroundings will make your stay much easier. Throughout the history, the region and the city has been ruled by various peoples. The Seljuk Turks conquered the city in 11th century and it became the capital of Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate. For this reason the city boasts many outstanding pieces of Seljuk architecture which can be seen all around the old town. Iplikçi Mosque from the 13th century, Ince Minare Museum (remains of the old medresa) and the Seljuk Palace remains are great examples. The city’s most visited attraction is the Mevlana Museum (Mausoleum of Rumi), a tomb of the famous sufi thinker, mystic and poet Rumi (also known as Mevlana) with a museum of items from his time, old manuscripts, musical instruments and many works of art from the Seljuk period. Rumi lived in Konya and here is where the Mevlevi Sufi order of Islam has been established. They are known as whirling dervishes and their religiuos practice (dance) became sort of a tourist attraction in modern Turkey. Nowadays, Konya has the reputation in Turkey of being a very religiuos and conservative city, attracting many pilgrims but also more and more foreign tourists. The Alaaddin Hill is an artificial hill in the center of the city, built by Seljuk Sultan Alaadin. It is actually a nice park with remains of an old mosque and a palace and there is an open-air cafe where you can make a break from sightseeing. With Car Hire Konya, you can also allow yourself to explore the region around Konya. About an hour drive from the city is a very interesting salt lake - Tuz Gölü, country’s second largest lake, only 2 m deep at most. During summer the water evaporates, turning it into a flat white salt desert. One of the earliest human settlements from the period of 7500 BC to 5700 BC, can be seen in the prehistorical archeological site at Çatalhöyük. It is the biggest and best preserved neolithic site found yet, just southeast of Konya.

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