Nevşehir
Area: 5.467 km²
Population: 309.914 (2000)
The province of Nevşehir is one of the major cities of Cappadoccia Region and displays a beautiful combination of nature and history. The geographic movements formed the fairy chimneys and during the historical development process, humankind had settled and inhabited these natural wonders, fairy chimneys and carved houses and churches inside these formations and adorned these settlements with frescos, carrying the traces of the thousands of years of their civilizations.
Districts: Nevşehir (center), Acıgöl, Avanos, Derinkuyu, Gülşehir, Hacıbektaş, Kozaklı, Ürgüp.
- How to Get
Highway: Reaching Nevşehir via highway is possible from the entire country.
Telephone of the Bus Station: (+ 90 - 384) 213 40 25
Air Transportation: The airport is approximately 30 km. away from the city center. Reaching to the airport is possible via busses, shared taxis and commercial taxis.
Avanos
Ürgüp
Hacıbektaş
Göreme
Ancient Cities
Mosques and Churches
Thermal Springs
National & Natural Parks
Ornithology Areas
Chronology Of Nevşehir
| B.C. 1650-1460 | The era of the Hititian Kingdom |
| B.C. 140, 1200-1190 | The era of the Hititian Empire |
| BC. 1200 | The Egean People come to Anatolia in a great wave of migration |
| B.C. VII. C | Kimmerian and Schvtian raids |
| B.C. 680-610 | Assyrian rule |
| B.C. 550-332 | Persian rule |
| B.C. 332- A.D. 17 | The era of the Cappadocian Kingdom |
| 17-395 | The Roman Rule |
| 17-395 | The Roman Rule |
| 395 | The begining of the Byzantian rule 1097 The region suffers during the First Crusade |
| 1186 | Nevşehir and Kayseri are left under the rule of Nuredin Sultanşah |
| 1195 | Kutbeddin Melikşah kills Nureddin Sultanşah and occupies Nevşehir |
| 1318 | Nevşehir and the whole Middle Anatolia is ruled by Timurtaş, the Governor of the hhanids. |
| 1340 | Nevşenir becomes a part of the Eretna Beyliği which an independent state |
| 1365 | Karamanoğlu Ali Bey occupies the region |
| 1402 | Tamerlane gives Nevşehir back to the Karamanlı's after defeating the Ottomans |
| 1466 | Nevşehir and its environs definitely becomes a part of the |
| 1867 | The Liva of Nevşehir is made a Kaza (a bigger administrative unit) and becomes a part of the Niğde Povince |
| 1954 | Nevşehir itself becomes a province. |