lntroducing Afyon Province 5

Altıgöz Bridges: Javelin between the two stations on the rock at the foot of an opium Akarcay the six-arched bridge. Akkoyunlus made in 1214 by Ottoman period, has been repaired. There are inscriptions written in white marble on the southeast side of the bridge

İscehısar Bridge: Wide-span high, slightly pointed arches. Basalt and marble pieces were re-used. Is thought to be from the Byzantine period.

Cave

Kurtini Cave: 34 km from the town of Discussion. away from the Boke region of the so-called homeland. 1700 m. an estimated altitude of 300 m. The cave is located in the forest long. Estimated to be longer than the second portion of the cave ceiling girilememiştir göçmesiyle. Mentes in the same region at a location close to the town of Cave Oktur are also available.

Refrigerator Cave: 2500 m. The cave at the peak of Sultandağları which, for centuries, only eritebilmektedir ice in the summer heat. Refrigerator Cave, south of the town of Dereçine Sultandağları Sultandağı township's 2519 m. The summits of the highest point in the northwest with a natural wonder. Are accessible only in summer.

Insuyu Cave: Bolvadin and 7 km. away, Dipes village, King yöresindedir. Two times the average square-foot rooms are in repair. The water is clear and sweet, full of stalagmites and stalactites in the cave is said to be good in some lung diseases.

Thermae

Important Spas Hüdaı Thermal Tourism Center, Gazlıgöl Thermal Tourism Center, and Omar, and Night Thermal Tourism Center.

Protected Areas

Commander in Chief of National Park

Dandinidere Nature Preserve

Ornithology Areas

Akda

Acigol

Aksehir and Eber Lake

GEOGRAPHY

Afyon, in western Anatolia is a crossroads of the east, west, north to south is a door that connects the natural. Winters are cold and snowy, summers are hot and arid steppe climate is seen, in spring and autumn increases in precipitation as rain.

HISTORY

Afyonkarahisar province in the south of the city the name of the castle and took the opium plant. BC Kalkolitikten within the boundaries of the province starting in 7000, the Old Bronze Age cultures in transition after the Hittite, Phrygian, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman civilizations are located. After the conquest of Anatolia by the Seljuk Turks in 1071, was under Turkish rule in Afyonkarahisar. As of this date Afyonkarahisar, respectively Sahipoğulları Seljuk Principality, Germiyanoğulları principality in 1428 after living under the reign of the Ottoman Empire joined.

WHAT TO EAT?

Afyon province, has a rich cuisine. Especially pastries, creamy poppy seed and food is authentic features. Bulgur wheat dishes of the main dishes, soup multiplier beard, çullama meatballs, stuffed ilibada, juicy meatballs, stuffed backpacks, coarsely ground tarhana, chickpea pastry, coarsely ground ball, and tarhana, Uzbek pilaf, salad, Afyon, located şakşuka. Afyon cream, candy and treats from the most well known sweets in the region.

Afyon recipes

Sakala soup Multiplier

Ingredients:

1 / 2 cup green lentils

6 cups water (chicken stock or broth is preferred)

2 small onions

4 tablespoons butter or margarine

3 tablespoons flour

2 teaspons salt

1 / 2 cup vermicelli

1 tablespoon dried mint