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Nevşehir

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.

  • Where to Visit

    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.