Karaman
AREA:
9.237 km²
POPULATION: 217.536 (1990)
TRAFFIC CODE: 70
DISTRICTS: Karaman (center),
Ayrancı, Ermenek, Kâzımkarabekir.
SITES OF INTEREST: Gökçe forest
recreation area, Maraspoli Cave, Kraman, Ermenek (Firan) and Mennan
castles, Binbirkilise, Hatuniye, Emir Musa, İbrahim Bey old theological
schools (medrese) for alm and Tol Medrese, Gaferyad (Ermenek,
Kâzımkarabekir) and Yollarbaşı (İlisra) village Grand Mosques, Hacı
Beyler, Aktekke (Valide Sultan), Arapzade, Pasha, Dikbasan (Fasih),
Akçaşehir, Sipas and Mimar Emir Rüstem Pasha mosques, Yunus Emre Mosque
and Lodge, small mosque of Şeyh Çelebi and Akça Mescit, Karamanoğlu alm
house and mausoleum, Bıçakçı Bridge and Ala Bridge, Fountain With Seven
Sprouts,Karaman Museum.
Provincial Cultural Directorate
Tel: (338) 212 44 23
Fax: (338) 212 88 34
Museum
Karaman Museum
Address: Hatuniye Med. Arkası - Karaman
Tel: (338) 213 15 36
Historical Sites and Ruins
Canhasan - Center - Alçatıköyü
Karadağ Thousand Churches - Center - Madenşehir / Üçkuyu
Village
Registered Immobile Cultural and Natural Heritages
in Karaman
Sites
Archaeological Sites: 48
Urban Sites: 3
Natural Sites: 5
Historical Sites: 3
Other Sites
Archaeological and Natural Sites: 1
Archaeological and Urban Sites: 1
Historical and Urban Sites: 1
Total: 62
Cultural (at Single Construction Scale) and Natural Heritages: 299
TOTAL: 361
Significant Days
Local Days of Celebration:
Culture and Art Week
Karaman
5-12 May
Commemerotaion Ceremonies for General Kazım Karabekir
Kazım-Karabekir
26 Ocak
Commemerotaion Ceremonies for Mader'i Mevlana
Karaman
10 December
Celebrations of Language Day
Karaman
13 May
Celebrations of Day of the Province
Karaman
21 June
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