Aksaray Province

sights.uz lists 18 historic and notable places in Aksaray Province, Turkey. Among them are 17 monuments, 0 eco-tourism sites and 1 museums.

Ihlara

Ihlara, formerly known as Chliára (Cappadocian Greek: Χλιάρα; Latin: Chliará) is a town (belde) and municipality in the Güzelyurt District, Aksaray Province, Turkey. The…

Purushanda

Purushanda (also variously Puruskhanda, Purushhattum, Purushhatum or Burushattum) was an Anatolian kingdom of the early second millennium prior to the common era. It was…

Nyssa

Nyssa (Ancient Greek: Νύσσα) was a town and bishopric in Cappadocia, Asia Minor. It is important in the history of Christianity due to being the see of the prominent 4th century…

Ihlara Valley

The Ihlara Valley (or Peristrema Valley; Turkish Ihlara Vadisi) is a canyon which is 15 km long and up to 150 m deep in the southwest of the Turkish region of Cappadocia, in the…

Aşıklı Höyük

Aşıklı Höyük is a settlement mound located nearly 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of Kızılkaya village on the bank of the Melendiz brook, and 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Aksaray,…

Sultan Han

Sultan Han is a large and significant 13th-century Seljuk caravanserai located in the town of Sultanhanı, Aksaray Province, Turkey. It is one of the three monumental…

Ağzıkarahan

Ağzıkara Han is a historic Seljuk-era caravanserai in Turkey. It is located in the Ağzıkarahan village in the province of Aksaray.

Acemhöyük

Acemhöyük is an archaeological site in Turkey. The tell is located near the village of Yeşilova in Merkez district, Aksaray Province. The Bronze Age name for the place was…

Aksaray Red Mosque

The Red Minaret Mosque, sometimes called the Leaning Minaret, or Eğri Minaret, is located in the city center of Aksaray.

Aksaray Museum

Aksaray Museum is a museum in Aksaray, Turkey.

Ulu Camii

The Aksaray Grand Mosque, also known as the Ulu Mosque, is the mosque located in the city center of Aksaray. It is also known as the Karamanoğlu Mosque. It was commissioned by…

Mokissos

Mokissos or Mokisos (Ancient Greek: Μωκισσός or Μωκησός) or Mokison (Μωκισόν) was a town of ancient Cappadocia. The Romans called the city Mocisus or Mocissus, and Mocisum.

Öresun Han

Öresin Han or Tepesi Delik Han is a caravanserai located on the Silk Road in the Aksaray-Nevşehir route. It is about 24 km from Aksaray.

Alayhan

Alay Han is a caravanserai from the 13th-century Anatolian Seljuk period.

Ersele Underground City

Also known as Ozancık Underground City, Ersele Underground City is an underground city located in the village of Ozancık, in the district of Ortaköy, Aksaray Province, Central…

Monastery Valley

The Güzelyurt Monastery (Manastır Vadisi) is located about two kilometers from the center of the town of Güzelyurt in western Cappadocia in the Turkish province of Aksaray.

Mound Ersele

Ersele Höyük is a village in the district of Chatin, in the Ortaköy district of Aksaray county, Inner Anatolia region of Turkey.

Kilise Mosque Güzelyurt

Kilise Mosque in Güzelyurt, a district of Aksaray province in the Cappadocia region, carries a layered religious history, having served in turn as a church, a monastery, and…