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1. History · Çumra

   Stand in the world's first city at Çatalhöyük

   Visit the 9,000-year-old Neolithic settlement; observe the way of life at the excavation house — and photograph it.

2. History · Beyşehir

   See the Beyşehir Eşrefoğlu Mosque (wooden-pillar mosque)

   Snow once had a role inside Eşrefoğlu Mosque: the Culture Ministry describes snow from the roof being placed in the central snow pit to provide moisture against drying wooden columns. This historic system no longer operates. One of five wooden mosques inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2023, it invites you to notice the pit and photograph a timber detail where permitted, without disturbing worship.

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3. History

   Explore the Zengibar Way

   Explore the Zengibar Way in Konya — and photograph it.

4. Food · Karatay

   Eat oven kebab and meat flatbread

   Try two classics of Konya cuisine, from the right masters, in a single day — and photograph it.

5. History · Karatay

   Stand at the Alaeddin Mosque and its hill

   Tour the mosque Alaeddin Keykubat had built in the Seljuk capital, and the dynastic tomb — and photograph it.

6. History · Karatay

   Visit the Mevlana Mausoleum

   Tour the tomb of Mevlana, the semahane (whirling hall) and the order's precious exhibits — and photograph it.

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7. Culture & art · Selçuklu

   Have breakfast in Sille village

   8 km from Konya, sit in one of the valley breakfast houses in this stone village left from the Greeks — and photograph it.

8. Culture & art · Karatay

   Observe a Mevlevi sema, Alevi semah or Sufi zikr

   Mevlevi sema in Konya, Alevi cem in Bingöl/Tunceli, Sufi zikr in Adıyaman — three different mystical traditions — and photograph it.

9. Culture & art · Karatay

   Attend the Şeb-i Arus ceremony (10-17 December)

   Attend Mevlana's reunion ceremony; watch the real sema ritual on the days commemorated each year — and photograph it.

10. City discovery

    Taurus Express (via Konya-Adana)

    See the classic Turkish railway route crossing the Taurus Mountains — and photograph it.

11. Culture & art

    Ride the Konya Blue Train (Izmir–Konya)

    Ride the Konya Blue Train between Izmir and Konya — and photograph it.