B.C. Phrygians have a distinctive and unique place among the civilizations that have prevailed from the Old Bronze Age covering 3000-2000 years to the present day. Hittites BC. Starting from 1700, after 500 years of domination, BC. At the time of their disintegration around 1200, a tribe migrated to Anatolia from the west and later called the Phrygians. During these migrations, Anatolia, after a dark period of 400 years, BC. 8th century II. Half of the Phrygians became enlightened with the political dominance of the Phrygians in the half of the year (750 BC), and the Phrygians became a powerful state during the period of their legendary king Midas. Afyonkarahisar region must have met the Phrygians during this period. Phrygians, who became Anatolian like the Hittites and formed a unique culture in the region where Afyonkarahisar-Eskişehir-Kütahya provinces merged, are the most famous in the world with their temple facades belonging to the cult of Mother Goddess Kübele, carved on large rock blocks in the form of cult tombs and tomb monuments, and lion reliefs belonging to the cult of Mother Goddess Kübele. They have enabled the creation of interesting and most valuable works. The Phrygian Rock Monuments, which are unique in the world, such as Aslantaş, Yılantaş, Matlaş, Kapıkaya I and Kapıkaya II in the Göynüş Valley and Döğer Region, which are located in the north of Afyonkarahisar, are the main ones. Phrygians BC Although they lost their political superiority since the end of the 6th century, Phrygian culture, religion and mythology continued for hundreds of years in Afyonkarahisar and its environs, and the Phrygian language was spoken in the region for a thousand years. The temple facades of the Mother Goddess Kübele cult carved on large rock blocks and the lion reliefs of the Mother Goddess Kübele cult created the most interesting and most valuable works of the world. The Phrygian Rock Monuments, which are unique in the world, such as Aslantaş, Yılantaş, Matlaş, Kapıkaya I and Kapıkaya II in the Göynüş Valley and Döğer Region, which are located in the north of Afyonkarahisar, are the main ones. Phrygians BC Although they lost their political superiority since the end of the 6th century, Phrygian culture, religion and mythology continued for hundreds of years in Afyonkarahisar and its environs, and the Phrygian language was spoken in the region for a thousand years. The temple facades of the Mother Goddess Kübele cult carved on large rock blocks and the lion reliefs of the Mother Goddess Kübele cult created the most interesting and most valuable works of the world. The Phrygian Rock Monuments, which are unique in the world, such as Aslantaş, Yılantaş, Matlaş, Kapıkaya I and Kapıkaya II in the Göynüş Valley and Döğer Region, which are located in the north of Afyonkarahisar, are the main ones. Phrygians BC Although they lost their political superiority since the end of the 6th century, Phrygian culture, religion and mythology continued for hundreds of years in Afyonkarahisar and its environs, and the Phrygian language was spoken in the region for a thousand years. Phrygian Rock Monuments, which are unique in the world, such as Kapıkaya I and Kapıkaya II are the main ones. Phrygians BC Although they lost their political superiority since the end of the 6th century, Phrygian culture, religion and mythology continued for hundreds of years in Afyonkarahisar and its environs, and the Phrygian language was spoken in the region for a thousand years. Phrygian Rock Monuments, which are unique in the world, such as Kapıkaya I and Kapıkaya II are the main ones. Phrygians BC Although they lost their political superiority since the end of the 6th century, Phrygian culture, religion and mythology continued for hundreds of years in Afyonkarahisar and its environs, and the Phrygian language was spoken in the region for a thousand years.

After the Phrygians, who made the unique rock monuments in the world, the tuff rock masses were carved by human hands in the Healing Phrygian lands during the Roman and Byzantine periods, which ruled in the region, and settlements such as Metropolis, Bin İnler, İnpazarcık, Ornaş, Avdalaz, Demirli, Bayramaliler, Asar Kale. defense areas, burial chambers such as Selimiye, Alanören, Devrent and Elicek, religious sites such as Kırkinler, and underground settlements such as Yedikapılar.

Afyonkarahisar/İhsaniye District Ayazini Town Ruins (Metropolis):
4.7 km to the right from the 27th km of the Afyonkarahisar-Eskişehir highway. It is known that the town of Ayazini, which can be reached by going further, has been used as a settlement since the Phrygian period. Family and single-person rock tomb chambers belonging to the Roman and Byzantine periods, churches and rock settlements belonging to the Byzantine period are works carved because the land is suitable for such a settlement.

There are lion burial chambers, columned burial chambers, and churches and chapels carved into the rock with an exterior and interior architectural appearance.

Dinar Ruins (Geleneia-Apameia):
It is in Dinar district at 90 km of Afyonkarahisar-Denizli highway. Although its establishment is not known for certain, it was founded when Geleneios, one of the Princes of Ahiya, who participated in the Trojan War, came to Central Anatolia after the war, and therefore it was named GELENEIA. The city was later It has been an important center since the 6th century. Later on, the city developed further in the classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods, and the city descended to the present settlement and was named APAMEIA. The stadium and the theater, which are among the monumental works, have remained partially intact.

Emirdag/Hisarköy Ruins (Amorium):
It is a district of the province of Synnadik (Central Phrygia). The city of Amorium is 12 km from Emirdağ district. It is on the land of Hisarköy in the east. The city of Amorium was the market, crop and trade center of a large county. It is at the junction of three roads coming from Dokimya in the west, Flomelium (Akşehir) in the east and Dorileum (Eskişehir) in the north.

Dinar Ruins (Geleneia-Apameia):
It is located in Dinar district at 90th km of Afyonkarahisar-Denizli highway. Although its establishment is not known for certain, it was founded when Geleneios, one of the Princes of Ahiya, who participated in the Trojan War, came to Central Anatolia after the war and settled there, and therefore it was named GELENEIA. The city was later It has been an important center since the 6th century. Later on, the city developed further in the classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods, and the city descended to the present settlement and was named APAMEIA. The stadium and the theater, which are among the monumental works, have remained partially intact. It is open 7 days a week and admission is free.

Emirdag/Hisarköy Ruins (Amorium):
It is a district of the province of Synnadik (Central Phrygia). The city of Amorium is 12 km from Emirdağ district. It is on the land of Hisarköy in the east. The city of Amorium was the market, crop and trade center of a large county. It is at the junction of three roads coming from Dokimya in the west, Flomelium (Akşehir) in the east and Dorileum (Eskişehir) in the north. It is open 7 days a week and admission is free

İhsaniye Döğer Ruins:
12 km from İhsaniye district. The town of Döğer, located at a distance, has been used as a settlement since the Phrygian period. There are rock monuments built in the 7th century BC as an open-air temple built for the goddess Kybele, Aslankaya, Kapıkaya I and II, as well as Phrygian settlements in Asar and Eski Döğer. Rock settlements, burial chambers and churches belonging to the Roman and Byzantine periods can be seen in the surrounding area. The main rocks are Suluin, Memeç, Alacaasma, Urumkuş I and II (Karamusa), Nallıhan and Kırkmerdiven. It is open 7 days a week and admission is free

İhsaniye/Ayazin Village Ruins (Metropolis):
4.7 km to the right from the 27th km of the Afyonkarahisar-Eskişehir highway. It is known that the village of Ayazin, which can be reached by going further, has been used as a settlement since the Phrygian period. Family and single rock tomb chambers belonging to the Roman and Byzantine periods, churches and rock settlements belonging to the Byzantine period are works carved because the land is suitable for such a settlement. There are lion burial chambers, columned burial chambers and a church carved into the rock with an exterior and interior architectural look, and there are masterpieces of art. It is open 7 days a week and admission is free

İhsaniye/Kayıhan Town Göynüş Valley:
It is 1.5 km on the 32nd km of Afyonkarahisar-Eskişehir highway. Göynüş Castle, Aslantaş and Yılantaş are burial chambers with lion reliefs in a valley reached by turning left, and Maltaş Kübele is an open-air temple. It is open 7 days a week and the entrance is free

İscehisar/Sarıçayır(Selimiye) Cliffs: On
the rocks around Sarıçayır village of İscehisar district, rock-cut family and single burial chambers, burial boats and shelters were built in the Byzantine period. The surface is decorated with reliefs and embellishments, and inscriptions are written in red paint indicating who they belong to. . It is open 7 days a week and admission is free

İscehisar/Kırkinler and Seyçiler Castle:
The castle, which is located in the Seyçiler village of İscehisar district, is located on the 32nd km of Afyonkarahisar-Ankara highway. Kırkinler reef; There are rock masses built in the Byzantine era and used as settlements, churches, chapels and tombs. It is understood from the traces on the rock that the Kırkinler rock was also used during the Phrygian period. It is open 7 days a week and admission is free

Şuhut/Bininler Rock:
6 km from Şuhut. It is a rock near the village of Senir to the west of it. It is a settlement with two and three storeys, single or multi-room carved into the rocks, with animal units and people's shelters underneath. On the lower foot of this rock, which is a Byzantine settlement, there are the remains of a Byzantine church and monastery. There are also rock-cut tomb vessels with lids from the Late Roman Period. It is open 7 days a week and admission is free.

Bolvadin/Kemerkaya Seven Gates Rock Settlement and Ruins: On the
Bolvadin-Emirdağ Highway, 3 km. of Bolvadin Kemerkaya Town. 1 km north of the highway. It is located in the east of the city. Since 1997, a rescue excavation has been carried out by the Afyonkarahisar Archeology Museum Directorate.

During the works, a complex structure group carved into the rock, which is thought to be military garrison or administrative buildings, and a part of the underground city that the people use as a shelter were unearthed. Studies in the settlement, which date back to the Late Roman and Early Byzantine periods, continue. It is very important as it is the first of the studies carried out to reveal the underground cities in the Afyon region. . It is open 7 days a week and admission is free.

In the Innerwest Anatolian city of Afyon, which is covered with mountain ranges in the northwest and southeast directions, there are numerous plateaus with moderate elevations.

Our highlands continue their activities today with simple materials such as aleyçık, bristle tent and earth covered roof.

Central: Kalecik, Çırakde and Kocatepe Highlands

Bayat: Çanacık, Space and Çöğürl Plateaus

Bolvadin: Paşadağ and most Plateaus

Dazkırı: Sogutlu Plateau, Dinar Hora Plateau, Zucchini, Cerita and Incebel Highlands

Emirdağ: Yellibel, Yassıyurt, Gözel of Emirbab Highlands, Döneryayl to, Darısekisi, Gedikyayla, Kütüklü, Gölcük, Karahal,çiçek, Kızdoğdu.

Teachers: Burgaz, Alıçlı and Eldizan Highlands

Pets : Bozyayla

İscehisar : Ağın and Asar Highlands

Kızılören : Akdağ and Göküz Highlands

Sandıklı : Akdağ-Kocayayla, Kilimatan and Ahır Highlands, Oktur(Mentes) Highlands

Sultandağı : Balaban and Dumra Highlands

Şuhut : Kumalar, Kavaklı and Bedeş Highlands

1-Great Mosque:Ulu Mosque, one of the biggest mosques of Afyon, was built by the owner, Nusretiddun Hasan, during the Anatolian Seljuk period (1272-1277). While the masonry was built on thick four-cornered walls in the neighborhood that is named after him, the roof, now covered with a copper-clad roof, is placed on forty wooden columns of eight in five rows. Wooden column capitals placed on wooden columns have stalactites and lozenges. Although the lateral surfaces of the wooden wastes placed on the headboards were decorated with colorful motifs, very few traces remain today. It has three gates facing east, west and north. On the inscription on the Seljuk style carved two-winged minbar covers, there are suras and an inscription indicating the first construction date. Its architect is Emir Hacı Bey. The first major repair of the mosque was made by M.

The mosque, which has been restored by preserving its old form in our time, is one of the unique examples of the Seljuk period with its wooden architecture and glazed baklava slice brick architecture.

2-Imaret Mosque:It's on Kurtulus Street. Grand Vizier Gedik Ahmet Pasha had it built by Architect Ayaz Ağa in 1472. Therefore, it is also known as Gedik Ahmet Pasha Mosque. Embroidery by Abdüssamedoğlu Hasan. Müftfzade Ahmet had the mosque restored in 1795. It has an inverted T-shaped plan with two consecutive domes. The narthex in the north is covered with 6 round columns, 5 pointed arches and 5 octagonal drum domes. Its minaret with a single balcony is decorated with fluted twisted shapes. The grooves are covered with dark blue tiles. The entrance door with muqarnas is made of engraved marble. The repair inscription on it bears the date 1795. There are two rows of windows on the east, west and north walls, and three rows on the qibla wall. Two large domes cover the T-shaped interior, and three small domes each cover the rooms lined up on both sides. It is a structure of the Gedik Ahmet Pasha (Imaret) Kulliye.

3-Misri Mosque: It is on Hacı Eyüp Mısri street in Mısri district. It was built by Şakkancıoğlu Evliya Kasım Pasha in 1483. The cut rubble is made of stone. It is covered with two large domes. The base of the minaret, which is adjacent to the eastern wall, is made of cut stone and its body is brick. In its muqarnasli mihrab, there are tiles with inscriptions and geometric patterns in blue-dark blue tones. Its pulpit is of marble.

4-Mevlevi (Türbe) Mosque: It is on Türbe Yokuşu Street in the Zaviye District. It is also known as "Tomb" and "Mevlevî Mosque" among the people. After the demolition of the building, it was rebuilt by Abdülmecit in 1844. The Mevlevihane, which burned down as a result of the great fire, underwent another major repair in 1905 by the order of Abdulhamit II, spending fourteen thousand gold.

Afyon Mevlevi Lodge had a special place among other Mevlevi Lodges. It takes the second place after Konya in the Mevlevi tradition. Semahane is essentially a big Mevlevihane with its mutbah and other sections.

On the door of the building made of cut stone, there is a relief Mevlevi cone instead of an inscription. Its minaret with a single balcony is on the west. After climbing the stairs from the north-facing gateway, a large courtyard surrounded by the cells of the grandfathers and a fountain in the middle is entered. The "Sheikh house", which used to be to the east of the Mevlevihane, was destroyed after the fire. There is a çilehane in a part of the kitchen to the right of the door. The large dome with its colored glass windows on its rim forms the cover system. On the upper floor of the sherbethane to the east of the semahane, there is a women's gathering place, surrounded by cages, overlooking the semahane. The left side of the Semahane is the tomb section. There are twelve wooden coffins belonging to the Mevlevi sheikhs in the tomb. One of Mevlana's grandchildren, Âbâ Pûş-i Veli, Sultan Dîvanî (Mehmet Semai Çelebi),

The building, which is used as a mosque today, was finally repaired by Architect Arif Turunç.

5-Kuyulu Mosque: It is on Kuyulu street. It is from the Seljuks and the year of construction is unknown. It got this name because of the well next to its minaret. It is square shaped. It has lozenge-shaped ornaments with light green glazed bricks. Its dome is placed on four walls.

6-Ot Pazarı Mosque: It is on Tuz Pazarı street, next to the vegetable market (today's Municipality Market). Tellalzade Süleyman Sergeant had it built in 1590, and its destroyed minaret was renovated in 1958. It is of cut stone and has a square plan and a single dome. The narthex, which was covered with glass in the north, was added later and is covered with three domes on three pointed arches. The minaret has only one balcony. Its mihrab was built later and is covered with white marble.

7-Sandıklı Ulu Mosque: In the center of Sandıklı, inside the bazaar, it was first a masjid, but later it was converted into a mosque . The mosque
was built by Bahaddin Ömer Bin Alaaddin by Architect Aydemir in H.780 (M.1379). It is a square-planned, single-domed minaret building. Later, the last congregation place was added.

8-Dazkırı/Kızılören Mosque: It is a wooden structure built in the 19th century in Kızılören village of Dazkırı district, sitting on wooden columns and with a flat earthen roof. Although the mosque is a simple wooden structure, it is decorated with pencil drawings, herbal, geometric and architectural features.

Hot Springs:
There are 5 thermal springs in our province, which is very lucky in terms of health tourism, and all of them have been declared "Tourism Centers" by the Ministry of Tourism. Infrastructure works were accelerated by choosing the “Pilot Region” throughout Turkey. The thermal centers of our province, which is described as the "Thermal Capital of the Future", are as follows. :

1-Gazlıgöl Thermal Spring: 21 km from the city center. It is located in Gazlıgöl town of İhsaniye district on Eskişehir highway.

The flow rate of the 45-68 °C water of Gazlıgöl thermal spring is 9 lt/sec. Its chemical properties are hyperthermic, hypotenic, alketihir carbonated and slightly radioactive.

Healing Properties are applied in 2 ways.

1-Drinking Treatment
2-Bath Treatment

Drinking Treatment: The healing water used as drinking water in the spa is in the group of sodium bicarbonate waters. If this water is drunk warm, it is recommended for painful and spasmic kidney diseases, stomach ailments, liver, biliary tract and spastic pains of the intestine.

Bath Treatment :It is recommended for rheumatism, neuralgia, neuritis, arthrosis, gynecological diseases and saboreic skin diseases.

Treatment Facilities: There are still 5 public baths with pools, 4 duplex villas with pools, and 16 units with double-room tub-type bathrooms in the spa.

One of the 5 baths with public pools has historical and healing drinking water, and the other is a bath with special spring water, called a skin bath.

Both spring water and borehole water are available in these two baths. Treatment is done by drinking hot water and taking a bath.

In the other 3 baths, borehole water is available. Hot healing water for drinking is also available in these baths.

Accommodation Facilities: There are 4 duplex villas with units classified as in the hot spring (ABCD).

Of the (A) class units, 16 are single-roomed units with 3 beds, one of which is a double, kitchen, WC, refrigerator and stove, as well as a sufficient number of tables, chairs and wardrobes.

Again, 16 of the (A) class units have beds, kitchens, toilets, refrigerators, butane gas, sufficient tables, chairs and wardrobes. Units are heated.

16 of the (B) class units are double rooms and have a bathtub type bathroom. In these units, there are at least 4 beds (one of them is double), kitchen, toilet, refrigerator, butane gas, sufficient table, chair and wardrobe. Units are heated.

(C) class units are 10 units and they are 2-bed units consisting of 1 room, kitchen and toilet. They do not have a heater.

(D) class units are 10 units and they are 2-bed units consisting of 1 room, kitchen and toilet.
These are without heating.

There are 6 duplex villas with pools in the spa. All of them are fully furnished.

The bed capacity operated by the Operations Directorate is 404.

8 km from the town of Sandikli. is located in the south. There are many facilities in the spa, which is operated by the Sandıklı Municipality. The temperature of the healing waters coming out of the rich springs from different parts of a geological crack is 80-85 oC. The radioactivity of sodium sulfate and bicarbonate waters is between 8 and 72 eman. Hüdai Thermal Springs ranks first in Turkey in terms of radioactivity.

Hüdai Thermal Spring is a well-known and used hot spring since ancient times. In the first Christian era, in Hieropolis (Koçhisar), the archbishop of that area, Sen Michel, showed miracles by treating the sick in this spa, so it was referred to in the old books as St. Michel's Miracles. Because of this healing source, Hieropolis was known as the Holy City, and together with other thermal springs, Afyon Province was named Phrygian Salutaris (Healing Phrygia). There are baths from the Byzantine era in the spa.

The feature of the spa is its healing mud and it has made a name for itself with mud baths. As the soil is mixed with healing water at 68 degrees, a mud of 40-45 degrees emerges. The staying time in the mud bath is 6-7 minutes depending on the staying power. It is enough to enter once a day. You can enter the water bath 1-2 times a day.

Joint and spinal calcification disorders are the leading diseases treated by hot spring water and mud.

Water Bath: In the treatment of rheumatic diseases, gynecological diseases, skin diseases, bone and calcification disorders, respiratory diseases, paralysis, fracture dislocation sequelae, hemipology, cardiovascular diseases,

Mud Bath: In the treatment of rheumatic diseases, bone and calcification disorders.

İçmeler: It is used in the treatment of digestive system diseases and respiratory tract diseases.

Hüdai Thermal Spring looks like a small holiday village and serves for those seeking healing throughout the year.

Hotel in spa, 132 rooms, 264 beds; The hotel has 34 rooms, 68 beds, 143 apart villas with 715 beds, 110 apartments without bathroom and 353 beds.

The spa facilities are a group consisting of 3 indoor large swimming pools, 2 large outdoor swimming pools, mud cure bath with 600 person/hour capacity, 2 sulfur baths, 3 steel pools, 3 hourly baths.

It is possible to provide all kinds of needs from the spa facilities in the spa, where camping is possible in the summer season. Buses go to and from Sandıklı district center every 15 minutes to the spa, which has no transportation problems. The spa, which has been landscaped and has all social facilities; It is perfect for a good leisure and health tourism.

30 km from the center of Afyon. away from the Afyon-Konya highway. The history of the spa dates back to ancient times. According to the sources obtained; It is written on the Roman tablets that there was a village called leonte comte to the north of the spa in the Roman period and that the spa was operated in this period. It is in the lists of churches that he worked in during the Byzantine period. The information about the existence of a village called Kızılkilise and the operation of the hot spring during the Seljuks and Ottomans are recorded in the records of the National Library (şeriye).

The flow rate of the water at a temperature of 56.5 oC in Heybeli Thermal Spring is 64 lt/sec. Its chemical property is a thermomineral water containing Ca, Na, HCO3 and SO4.

hot spring water;It treats rheumatic diseases, skin diseases, endocrine system diseases, digestive system disorders and bone and calcification disorders, nervous system disorders and metabolic disorders.

It is possible to stay in the hot spring, which has no transportation problem, for four seasons. 74 apartments, 370 beds; 60 public houses, 180 beds; The hotel has a capacity of 650 beds, including 25 rooms and 100 beds. In the spa, there is a public pool and an indoor/outdoor thermal pool.

Omer Spa

It is on the Afyonkarahisar-Kütahya highway, 15 km from the center of Afyonkarahisar. away. Ömer thermal spring is named after Ömer Dede's deposit.

The flow rate of the water at the 46-71 oC temperature of Ömer Thermal Spring is 17 lt/sec. The chemical feature of the hot spring water contains sodium chloride, bicarbonate and hyperthermal. Water is also included in the group of gaseous waters because it contains more than 1 g of CO2 per liter.
The hot spring water treats rheumatic diseases, respiratory diseases, gynecological diseases, bone and calcification disorders, nutritional disorders and nervous muscle fatigue.

In the spa; 49 villas have a capacity of 170 beds. There is an apart hotel with 35 rooms and 60 beds. 20 apartments have a capacity of 40 beds. There are 1 indoor semi-olympic swimming pool, 2 Turkish Baths, 1 large indoor swimming pool.

For Information Ömer Spa Operations Directorate : Tel. (272) 2515010 – 2515261  Fax: 2140901

Thermal Resort Oruçoğlu Hotel Management Office: Tel: (272) 2515050 (10 lines)  Fax: 2515060
 

Night Spa

is 18 km from the center of Afyonkarahisar. away from the Afyonkarahisar-Kütahya road. In addition to its healing waters, the hot spring is also famous as a recreation area.

The water of the night spa consists of sodium chloride and bicarbonate composition. The temperature of the water is 46-71 oC and the flow rate is 20 lt/sec.

The hot spring water is good for rheumatic diseases, respiratory diseases, gynecological diseases, bone and calcification disorders, nerve and muscle fatigue.

The spa has a capacity of 45 timeshares and 180 beds. There are also two indoor pools, 1 for women and 1 for men.