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Nyssa (Ancient Greek: Νύσσα) was a town and bishopric in Cappadocia, Asia Minor. It is important in the history of Christianity due to being the see of the prominent 4th century bishop Gregory of Nyssa. Today, its name continues to be used as a titular see in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
Otoyol 21 (English: Motorway 21), abbreviated as O-21, a.k.a. Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu (English: Ankara-Tarsus Motorway), is a completed toll motorway in the Central Anatolia and Mediterranean regions in Turkey. Currently, it connects Otoyol 20 from Gölbaşı, Ankara with the Adana-Mersin Motorway O-51 at Tarsus in Mersin Province. On its full length, it is part of the European E90. The last part of the highway opened on 16 December 2020. With a length of 432 kilometres, the O-21 is the longest motorway in Turkey.
Ortaköy District is a district of Aksaray Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Ortaköy. Its area is 727 km2, and its population is 32,130 (2021). It is a rural district centred on the small, quiet town of Ortaköy.
Diğer adı Ozancık Yeraltı Şehri olan Ersele Yeraltı Şehri, Türkiye'nin İç Anadolu Bölgesi'ndeki Aksaray ilinin Ortaköy ilçesine bağlı Ozancık köyünde bulunan bir yeraltı şehridir. Volkanik kayaçlardan tüf içerisinde inşa edilmiş olan bu yapı 2,5 kilometrekare alan kaplamakta olup Doğu Roma dönemi'nde yapılmıştır.
Nitazi or Nitalis or Nitazo was a town of ancient Cappadocia, inhabited in Roman and Byzantine times. It was located on the road between Mocissus and Archelais. The name appears as Nitazi in the Antonine Itinerary, as Nitazo in the Tabula Peutingeriana, and as Nitalis in the Jerusalem Itinerary.
Arianzus or Arianzos (Greek: Αριανζός) was a town of ancient Cappadocia, inhabited in Byzantine times. Arianzus is a titular see of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Gregory of Nazianzus was born in Arianzus.
Nora (Ancient Greek: τὰ Νῶρα) was a mountain fortress and town of ancient Cappadocia, on the frontiers of Lycaonia. Located at the foot of Mount Taurus, in which Eumenes was for a whole winter besieged by Antigonus (319 BC), before he escaped. In Strabo's time it was called Neroassus or Neroassos (Νηροασσός), and served as a treasury to Sicinus, who was striving to obtain the sovereignty of Cappadocia.
Borissos was a town of ancient Cappadocia, inhabited in Byzantine times.
The Ihlara Valley (or Peristrema Valley; Turkish Ihlara Vadisi) is a canyon which is 15 km long and up to 150 m deep in the southwest of the Turkish region of Cappadocia, in the municipality of Güzelyurt, Aksaray Province. The valley contains around 50 rock-hewn Christian churches and numerous rock-cut buildings.
Güzelyurt District is a district of Aksaray Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Güzelyurt. Its area is 285 km2, and its population is 10,677 (2021).
Selime Katedrali, Aksaray ili Güzelyurt ilçesi Selime köyündedir.
Das Klostertal von Güzelyurt (Manastır Vadisi) liegt etwa zwei Kilometer vom Zentrum des Ortes Güzelyurt im westlichen Kappadokien in der türkischen Provinz Aksaray entfernt. Es ist eine Ansammlung von Kirchen und Höhlenklöstern, die in den Tuffstein der kappadokischen Landschaft gehauen sind.
The Red Minaret Mosque, sometimes called the Leaning Minaret, or Eğri Minaret, is located in the city center of Aksaray. It belongs to the Seljuk period, and between the years 1221-1237 I. It was built during the reign of Alaeddin Keykubad. It is known as the "Red Minaret" because it is made of red brick.
Šinuḫtu (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒌷𒅆𒉡𒄴𒌅 and 𒌷𒅆𒉡𒄴𒌓) was a Luwian-speaking Syro-Hittite state which existed in the region of Tabal in southeastern Anatolia in the Iron Age.
Hamidiye, Aksaray ilinin Merkez ilçesine bağlı bir mahalledir.
Coropassus or Koropassos (Ancient Greek: Κοροπασσός), also known as Coropissus or Koropissos (Κοροπισσός) as the name appears on its coins, was a town of ancient Lycaonia, inhabited in Roman times. Strabo says that the boundary between the Lycaonians and the Cappadocians is the tract between Coropassus in Lycaonia and Gareathyra, a small town of the Cappadocians. The distance between these two places was about 120 stadia. In the second of these two passages the name of the Cappadocian town is written Garsaura, which is the true name. The place is therefore near the western border of Cappadocia, south of the salt lake of Tatta. Adopissus in Ptolemy is probably the same place.
Aratol, Aksaray ilinin Merkez ilçesine bağlı bir mahalledir.
Eşmakaya Gölü, Aksaray ili, Eskil ilçesi sınırlarında bulunan kurumuş göl. Eşmekaya Gölü, Turna Gölü, Sülüklü Gölü, Akgöl ve Bezirci Gölü çevresindeki arazi Eşmekaya Sazlığı olarak anılmaktadır. 11.250 hektar büyüklüğündeki sazlığın denizden yüksekliği 945 m'dir.
Eşmekaya Ulu Camii, Aksaray ilinin Eşmekaya beldesinde yer almaktadır. Mescid-i Kuba adıyla da anılmaktadır. Kitabesi olmayan caminin ilk inşa tarihi kesin olarak bilinmemektedir. 1930 ve 1961 yıllarında onarım geçirmiştir.
Eskil Ulu Camii , Aksaray ilinin Eskil ilçesinde yer almaktadır. İlk inşa tarihi kesin olarak bilinmemekle birlikte cami üzerindeki bir kitabeden 1634 ya da 1734 yıllarında inşa edildiği tahmin edilmektedir. Bugünkü kesme taş minaresi Kemalpaşalı Mehmet Yüzüak tarafından 1963 yılında yaptırılmıştır.
Salamboreia or Salamboria (Ancient Greek: Σαλαμβόρεια), also called Salaberina and Salambriai, was a town of ancient Cappadocia, in the district Garsauritis, inhabited in Roman and Byzantine times.
Mokissos or Mokisos (Ancient Greek: Μωκισσός or Μωκησός) or Mokison (Μωκισόν) was a town of ancient Cappadocia. The Romans called the city Mocisus or Mocissus, and Mocisum, and after the city was rebuilt by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian (527-565), it was renamed Justinianopolis (Ἰουστινιανούπολις). Justinian made Mocisus the capital of the province of Cappadocia Tertia, and elevated its bishopric to the rank of ecclesiastical metropolis, with an eparchia that stretched south of the Halys River (Turkish: Kızılırmak), the longest river of Asia Minor. The name Justinianopolis was retained until the end of Byzantine rule. Stephanus of Byzantium calls the town Moukissos (Μούκισσος). In the Synecdemus, the name appears as Rhegemoukisos (Ῥεγεμουκισός) and Rhegekoukisos (Ῥεγεκουκισός), the latter evidently an error.
Comitanassus was a town of ancient Lycaonia, inhabited in Byzantine times. It appears in the Tabula Peutingeriana, under the name Comitanasso, and is located 20 M.P. from Perta.