Konya (tur)

Konya

Konya ranks 2,371st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Prince's Palace of Monaco, Dieppe, and Wallsend. Memorable people born in Konya include Kayqubad I, Thecla, and Onesiphorus. Memorable people who died in Konya include Rumi, Şehzade Mustafa, and Thecla. Konya has been the birth place of many religious figures and politicians and the death place of many religious figures and politicians. Konya is located in Turkey.

Konya, is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in English its name is usually spelt Konia or Koniah. In the late medieval period, Konya was the capital of the Seljuk Turks' Sultanate of Rum, from where they ruled over Anatolia. Read more on Wikipedia