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Konya

Konya is located in Turkey 260 km south of Ankara in the Anatolian Highlands. The history of the city can be traced back to the 3rd millenium B.C. According to a legend Konya was the first city resurrecting after the Flood. Seichukk princes ordered the first rugs which created the starting point of Anatolian art of carpet making.