In Akşehir district of Konya, it is aimed that the historical textures that have been ruined with the restoration works carried out by preserving the cultural and historical heritage will be revived and receive the value they deserve from tourism.
In Akşehir district of Konya, it is aimed that the historical textures that have been ruined with the restoration works carried out by preserving the cultural and historical heritage will be revived and receive the value they deserve from tourism.
In the Akşehir district of Konya, the hometown of Nasreddin Hodja, there are about 2,000 historical buildings in a 73-hectare protected area.
With the restoration works carried out by preserving the cultural and historical heritage of Akşehir, it is aimed that the ruined historical textures will come to life again and get the value they deserve from tourism.
While the restoration works carried out by Akşehir Municipality are being completed one by one, it is aimed that thousands of tourists coming to Konya will come to Akşehir, the hometown of Nasreddin Hodja. The restoration works in Akşehir are also supported by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, Konya Governorship and Konya Metropolitan Municipality.
Akşehir Mayor Salih Akkaya, saying that Akşehir is a city with the most Seljuk Period works after Konya center, said, "Akşehir is a hidden tourism paradise with its 16 folk songs, 8 folklore, natural and historical beauties. We wanted to protect the historical and cultural texture of Akşehir and keep this historical texture alive. Akşehir should now get the value it deserves from tourism." President Salih Akkaya stated that with the commencement of service of the Historical Armenian Church, the restoration of which has been completed, Akşehir will have a 3rd cultural center and art house with a magnificent acoustics. Stating that the restoration works have been completed, Mayor Akkaya said, "We continue to unearth the historical structures in Akşehir one by one. Our restoration work in this historical place has been completed. We continue to work on the subject of furnishing. This building, which will be the 3rd cultural center and art house of Akşehir in a sense; With its acoustics and baroque style embroideries, it is truly a remarkable historical work." Stating that the restoration works are continuing in the Priest's House next to the historical church, President Akkaya added that this structure will be opened for operation as a boutique hotel after the restoration is completed, and that the guests visiting Akşehir will enjoy their stay in a nostalgic structure in the nostalgic streets where the historical houses are located. Akşehir Museum Director Sevcan Çavdar stated that Akşehir hosts many cultures due to its location and said that the historical Armenian Church and Priest's House, whose restoration was completed by the Akşehir Municipality and built towards the end of the 1800s, was brought to tourism. Local tourists who came to Akşehir to visit said, "We came here as the land of Nasreddin Hodja, but when we came, we realized that the whole historical texture was preserved in a very beautiful way in the places we visited, in the historical bay houses in the streets. There is a great history in Akşehir. I invite everyone to visit Akşehir."
