Eregli Attractions
Central Anatolia
Unlike Karadeniz and Marmara Ereglisi, Eregli (Konya Ereglisi), a country town lying off the major routes in the steppe country between Konya and Adana, has no special attractions, only a small museum of local history on the main street. Although the area around Eregli was already part of Lykaonia, in antiquity the town was first called Kybistra and later Herakleia of Cappadocia. There was a fortress here in Byzantine times, which the Arabs captured in 806. Being strategically situated near the route through the Cilician Gates, Haroun al-Rachid and Halif al-Mamum fortified the town again in the ninth century For a time Herakleia belonged to Little Armenia (1211) before being ceded to the Seljuks and then falling to the Mongols. In 1467 it passed to the Ottomans as part of the Karaman Empire.
Unlike Karadeniz and Marmara Ereglisi, Eregli (Konya Ereglisi), a country town lying off the major routes in the steppe country between Konya and Adana, has no special attractions, only a small museum of local history on the main street. Although the area around Eregli was already part of Lykaonia, in antiquity the town was first called Kybistra and later Herakleia of Cappadocia. There was a fortress here in Byzantine times, which the Arabs captured in 806. Being strategically situated near the route through the Cilician Gates, Haroun al-Rachid and Halif al-Mamum fortified the town again in the ninth century For a time Herakleia belonged to Little Armenia (1211) before being ceded to the Seljuks and then falling to the Mongols. In 1467 it passed to the Ottomans as part of the Karaman Empire.
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Ivriz, Turkey
(Near Eregli)
Aydinkent (Ivriz) lies about 16km/10mi southeast of Eregli in a fertile stretch of valley below Orta Dag in the foothills of the 3,240m/10,634ft high Bolkar Dagi. A little to the south of the village, near where the Ivriz is dammed, there is a 10m/33ft high rock face with a Late Hittite-Aramaic relief dating from the second half of the seventh century B.C. It shows King Warpalawa of Tuwanuwa worshipping the plant god Tarhunt.
Ulu Cami
Among the few buildings of interest in Eregli, apart from the Ulu Cami with its prayer hall embellished with ancient columns, are the Ali Aga Mescidi of 1551 and two Ottoman caravanserais.
Ulukisla, Turkey
(Near Eregli)
The small town of Ulukisla (Great Barracks) owes its name to the massive Öküz Mehmet Pasa Kervanserayi which, built by Mehmet Pasa between 1566 and 1574, was probably used to garrison troops for a time. The remains of a Seljuk caravanserai, Kamereddin Hani, can be seen northwest of Ulukisla at Ulukisla Geçidi (altitude: 1,467m/4,815ft) near Cakmak (Cayhan).
White Mound
Ak Hüyük (White Mound), a long, narrow travertine ridge 40m/131ft high, reminiscent of Cihanbeyli, rises on the southern edge of the Eregli swamps near the village of Ciller, about 12km/8mi north of Eregli. Hot sulfur springs erupt on the crest.
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