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Konya

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Country: Turkey

Population:876,004

Time Zone:UTC+3

Konya’s Mevlevi Order is famous for its Whirling Dervishes, giving the city a powerful spiritual identity. On the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, this major Turkish city serves as the capital of Konya Province. Known as Iconium in ancient and Seljuk times, it later became the capital of the Seljuk Turks’ Sultanate of Rum, whose sultans ruled Anatolia from here.