Afyon-karahisar

Afyonkarahisar General Information



Area: 14,230 km ²

Population: 812,416 (2000)

Provincial Traffic Code: 03

Afyon, Anadolu'da north to south, west to the east connects the node point is a natural. Rich with history history of the city has the potential to become a tourism center.



History
In the south of the city of Afyonkarahisar name of the castle and took the Opium plant.

BC Starting from year 7000 until today our province within the borders of the Hittite, Phrygian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, Ottoman civilizations, such as has been dominant.

1071 conquest of the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia after the province passed to the Turkish domination. Parts of the city after a period of Seljuk State was Sahipoğulları'nın hands. After the result of domestic relations 1341'den management Germiyanoğulları'nın joined the city in 1390 yılnda Ottoman territory. Ankara War (1402) destroyed by the Mongols, the city passed into the hands Germiyanoğulları'nın again and again in 1428 in the Ottoman domination into the death of Yakup II. Fatih Sultan Mehmet's Karaman Seferi during the military operations because of strategic feature was one of the major centers. XVII. Here in the middle of the century the influence Celâl riots took gold. Kutahya brother of Hasan al Karayazı Celâl Deli is coming to the barracks in Afyon no (1602) has lead to extensive destruction. Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt for a while in the hands 1833'te the city during the War of Independence between March 27-April 7 after the Greek invasion was empty. However, the Greeks occupied the city, 13 July 1921. Grand Assault Breakthrough began in Afyon. Greek forces were defeated and the city was liberated 27 August 1922. This date is celebrated as Liberation Day in Afyon.