Afyonkarahisar

“Where to find Halal food or a Halal restaurant in Afyonkarahisar, or perform Salat in a mosque in Afyonkarahisar?“ “Those are some of the questions Muslim travelers often ask when traveling to Afyonkarahisar.“ Afyonkarahisar, also simply known as Afyon, is based in the Western part of Central Anatolia.

Introduction

The city's name consists of afyon, "opium", coming from the once large fields of poppies around the town and karahisar, "black fortress", referring to the ancient castle on the massive hilltop in the centre of the city. For a number of decades in 20th century and the city was officially known as Afyon, but in 2004, its older (and decidedly longer) name was restored, although you can still hear it called Afyon colloqually.

Travel to Afyonkarahisar

Afyon lies on a very central point in inner Western Türkiye, on the main routes between Ankara and the national capital and Izmir and the largest city on the Aegean coast, as well as between Istanbul and the largest city in the nation and Antalya and the major city of the Mediterranean coast.

Travel by train to Afyonkarahisar

Afyon Ali Cetinkaya - The main train station of Afyon, Ali Çetinkaya While the city lies on one of the major junctions of the Turkish railway network, track renovations all over the nation and the phase-outs of many passenger services mean that the number of places with a direct train link to Afyon is a bit limited. As of 2023, TCDD runs daily passenger train services from Eskişehir and Kütahya to the north and Konya to the southeast of Afyon, however as Afyon is not the terminus of none of the major intercity services, many of the trains make their stop in the city in the very inconvenient hours of the dead of the night. And a bit of a trivial note for the railway fans: Afyon does not have one station but two—the smaller and older British-built Afyon Şehir (a stone neo-classical building) and the larger, Art Deco architecture|art-deco Afyon Ali Çetinkaya GPS 38.764152,30.552487, built in 1939 (and named after the minister of transportation of that era), closely resembling the central station building of Ankara. (And next to Ali Çetinkaya is the beautiful wooden, chalet-type station building, constructed by the Germans in late 19th century as a stop on their ambitious Berlin–Baghdad railway project.) These two stations are separated by 250 m from each other (and there was no railway connection between two for a long time) and used to be run by two rival companies. In the early days of the Turkish Republic, both companies were absorbed by the Turkish State Railways and a connecting railway between the stations was laid. Until the 1990s trains to the West departed from Afyon Şehir which is now all but practically abandoned, as all passenger trains stop at Ali Çetinkaya since then.

Travel by vehicle to Afyonkarahisar

Getting around

Sightseeing Tips

Victory Museum - Zafer Müzesi | Karaman Mahallesi, Ordu Blv. A museum dedicated to the Turkish War of Independence.

Halal Restaurants

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Where to stay

MCG Çakmak Marble Hotel

Telecommunication

Afyon's area code is (+90) 272.

Afyonkarahisar Halal Travel Guide

Konya — the national capital of medieval Seljuks and the home of Sufi thinker Rumi lies a few hours to southeast. While you are on your way there, you may want to take a break at Akşehir and the hometown and the site of the tomb of, Nasrettin Hoca, who is likely the most prominent individual in Turkish folklore, with an innumerous quantity of jokes attributed to him.