Karaman City Online Turkey Guide

Karaman is in the south of central Anatolia, Turkey, at the northern foot of the Taurus mounts. The ancient Laranda, Karaman was renamed after the chieftain of a Turkic tribe who conquered the city ruled during a short period by the Latins and the Armenians in c.1250 and set up the independent The seljuks rewarded the Karamanoğlu with a dominion and a city which became the capital of the Karamanid Emirate in 1256. Thanks to Mehmet Bey in 1277 it became the first Turkish state to use the Turkish language ("Türkçe") instead of Persian which had been the official language of the Seljuk sovereigns. . Yunus Emre, the first great poet to write in Turkish, lived and died there (1238-1320) : his poetry, language and philosophy shaped Turkish culture and still do so Muslim state of Karamania, which at one time comprised most of Asia Minor.. A successor state of the Seljuk empire, Karamania existed until its final subjugation by the Ottoman Turks in the late 15th century. Its area is 9.237 square km and its population is around 250 thousand. Karaman became a province of Turkey in 1989.

Karaman; is a city located in the Central Anatolian region of our country and neighbours the provinces of Konya, Mersin and Antalya. It is the access point of the Central Anatolian region to the Mediterranean.

Karaman is 233 kms away from the Mersin harbour.

Konya, Antalya and Ankara Airports are the nearest airports to the city.

It takes only one hour to reach Konya Airport by land. It is also possible to reach İstanbul Atatürk International Airport in one hour by airway.

With the Konya-Ankara fast train, which will be in service in 2008, the distance between Karaman and Ankara shall reduce to 2 hours.

Karaman is the province with the least earthquake risk in Turkey.

Your investments and investors are safe in Karaman, because;

According to the 1996 Earthquake Map of Turkey, by the General Directorate of Emergency Management,

Karaman is the province with the lowest (level5) earthquake risk

According to the statistical data of the General Directorate of Karaman, it is one of the three most peaceful provinces, with respect to the public order events of our country.

The City Whose Star is Shining, Karaman

The Capital of the Turkish Language, a City Of History, Culture and Industry - Karaman

On 15 June 1989, Karaman has become the 70th province of Turkey

The area of Karaman is 9.590 km2 and its altitude is 1033m.

   In our province, along with the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Faculty of Science and Faculty of Letters connected to the new established university of Karaman, Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey University, there are two high schools, a Vocational High School of Health, Physical Education and Sports College and Administrative Sciences College.

Historical personalities such as Yunus Emre, Piri Reis, Zembilli Ali Efendi, Karaman oğlu Mehmet Bey, Kazımkarabekir Pasha, Kemal Reis, Şeyh Edebali are from Karaman.

Our dear investor;

Having blended its historical saving and wealth of 4500 years, with the advance it has realized today in the agricultural and industrial fields, Karaman is resuming its studies, very rapidly and devotedly, to take its place in the bright future of our country.  

In this booklet called “Karaman is Looking Forward to Investors”, along with the activities carried out in our province, I hope you will be able to see the advantages possessed by Karaman and the opportunities we are offering you.

While I invite you to Karaman in order to share these advantages and make investments that will increase employment in our province;

I would like to thank the Municipality of Karaman, Special Provincial Administration, Karaman’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Union of Chambers of Tradesmen and Craftsmen of Karaman, Karaman’s Chamber of Agriculture and to the management of Organized Industrial Zone, whom I am proud to be working with, for their invaluable contributions and wish all of our investors success in their activities.

Fatih Şahin

Governor