Lycaonia

Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in English its name is usually spelt Konia or Koniah. In the late medieval period, Konya was the capital of the Seljuk Turks' Sultanate of Rum, from where the sultans ruled over Anatolia.

Karaman is a city in south central Turkey, located in Central Anatolia, north of the Taurus Mountains, about south of Konya. It is the seat of Karaman Province and Karaman District. Its population is 175,390 (2022). The town lies at an average elevation of . The Karaman Museum is one of the major sights. thumb|Karaman Main Station

thumb|320px|Heinrich Kiepert. Asia citerior. Lycaonia, 1903 Lycaonia (; , Lykaonia; ) was a large region in the interior of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), north of the Taurus Mountains. It was bounded on the east by Cappadocia, on the north by Galatia, on the west by Phrygia and Pisidia, while to the south it extended to the chain of Mount Taurus, where it bordered on the country popularly called in earlier times Cilicia and in the Byzantine period Isauria; but its boundaries varied greatly at different times. The name is not found in Herodotus, but Lycaonia is mentioned by Xenophon as traver

Eskil is a town in Aksaray Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, situated on the southern shore of Lake Tuz. It is the seat of Eskil District. Its population is 17,929 (2021). The average elevation in the center is .

Ilgın is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,636 km2, and its population is 53,489 (2022). Its elevation is .

Cihanbeyli is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 3,702 km2, and its population is 50,677 (2022). According to a 2017 estimate by the German Federal Agency for Civic Education, Kurds make up at least 50% of the population of Cihanbeyli.

Kadınhanı is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,568 km2, and its population is 31,206 (2022). Its elevation is . The current name of the town ("han of the woman") refers to a certain female commissioner of a caravanserai in the town, whereas the town was known historically by its Greek name of Pithoi.

Sarayönü is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,620 km2, and its population is 27,771 (2022). The town occupies the location of the ancient Laodicea Combusta.

Meram is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,822 km2, and its population is 348,325 (2022). Meram is one of the central districts of Konya, along with the districts of Karatay and Selçuklu. It covers the southwestern part of the agglomeration of Konya and the adjacent countryside.

district of Konya, central Turkey

theme of the Byzantine empire

Altınekin is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,312 km2, and its population is 14,289 (2022). Its original name was Zıvarık until the İnönü government changed its name in 1963, giving it the name of one of Zıvarık's plateaus, Altınekin ("golden crop"), named as such because of the land's fertility.

Güneysınır is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 482 km2, and its population is 9,266 (2022).

district of Konya, central Turkey

Sultanhanı is a town in Aksaray Province, Turkey. It is named after the famous han (caravanserai) within the town. It is the seat of Sultanhanı District, created in 2017. Its population is 10,958 (2021).

chapter of the New Testament

Madenşehri (literally “city of mines”) is a village in the Karaman District of Karaman Province, Turkey. Its population is 289 (2022). It is situated on the northern slopes of Karadağ, an extinct volcano, and is north of the town of Karaman.

ancient Greek poet

Roman poet

village in Bor, Niğde, south-central Turkey

town municipality in Karaman Province, Turkey

thumb|Church ruins in Madenşehri Binbirkilise (literally: Thousand and One Churches) is a district in modern Karaman Province of Turkey, in what was the medieval region of Lycaonia known for its around fifty Byzantine church ruins.

1st century AD Roman client king of Cilicia Trachea and Eastern Lycaonia

Hatunsaray is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Meram, Konya Province, Turkey. Its population is 583 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).