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Karaman pictures - Turkey

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I visited this city, south-east of Konya, earlier and took only a few pictures. In September 2008 I returned and stayed a night, I then took many pictures. I repeated this in December 2010. I then gave the museum a gallery of its own. I will rearrange pictures later (which will show the same spots under differing climatic conditions), and add a few captions.

The Wikipedia states: "The town owes its name to Karaman Bey who was one of the rulers of the Karamanids. The former name comes from the Greek Laranda which in turn comes from the Luwian language Larawanda, literally "sandy, a sandy place". And: In ancient times Karaman was known as Laranda. It was destroyed by Perdiccas in about 322 BC and later became a seat of Isaurian pirates. It belonged to the Roman and later Byzantine Empire until it was captured by the Seljuks in the early 12th century. Karaman was occupied by Frederick Barbarossa in 1190. It was subsequently an important military site as part of the Cilician Armenian Kingdom, until they lost it. In 1256, the town was taken by the Turkish warlord Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey and was renamed Karaman in his honour. From 1275, Karaman was the capital of the emirate (and later Ottoman province) of Karamanid. In 1468 Karamanid was conquered by the Ottomans and in 1483 the capital of the province was moved to Konya. Karaman has retained ruins of a Karamanid castle and some walls, two mosques and a Koran school (madrasah) from that age. An exquisite mihrab from a mosque from Karaman can now be found in the Çinili Pavilion near today's Archeology Museum in Istanbul." And on this site, if you follow the link.
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Karaman museum
Karaman museum
Hatuniye Medresesi
Hatuniye Medresesi
Kale Camii aka Yılanlı Cami (Mosque with snake)
Kale Camii aka Yılanlı Cami (Mosque with snake)
Yunus Emre Mosque
Yunus Emre Mosque
Ibrahim Bey Imaret or İmaret Cami
Ibrahim Bey Imaret or İmaret Cami
Ak Tekke
Ak Tekke
Demirciler Cami
Demirciler Cami
Kadırhane Camii
Kadırhane Camii
Yeni Minare Camisi
Yeni Minare Camisi
Hacı Beyler / Nizamettin Camii
Hacı Beyler / Nizamettin Camii
Ebul Fetih Cami
Ebul Fetih Cami
Alaeddin Türbesi
Alaeddin Türbesi
Karaman Kalesi (Castle)
Karaman Kalesi (Castle)
Karaman 2010 2222.jpg
Karaman 2010 2222.jpg
Karaman 2010 2223.jpg
Karaman 2010 2223.jpg
Karaman 2010 2224.jpg
Karaman 2010 2224.jpg
Karaman 2010 2226.jpg
Karaman 2010 2226.jpg
Karaman 2010 2234.jpg
Karaman 2010 2234.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4709.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4709.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4710.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4710.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4711.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4711.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4712.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4712.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4718.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4718.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4720.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4720.jpg
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Karaman sept 2008 4721.jpg
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Karaman sept 2008 4722.jpg
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Karaman sept 2008 4723.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4725.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4725.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4727.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4727.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4728.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4728.jpg
Karaman 2010 2171.jpg
Karaman 2010 2171.jpg
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Karaman 2010 2172.jpg
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Karaman 2010 2176.jpg
Karaman 2010 2171 Panorama.jpg
Karaman 2010 2171 Panorama.jpg
Karaman 2010 2178.jpg
Karaman 2010 2178.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4729.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4729.jpg
KaramanAtatürk monument 4733.jpg
KaramanAtatürk monument 4733.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4738.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4738.jpg
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Karaman sept 2008 4740.jpg
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Karaman sept 2008 4747.jpg
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Karaman sept 2008 4749b.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4749b.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4751.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4751.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4752.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4752.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4753.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4753.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4754.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4754.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4755.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4755.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4761.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4761.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4762.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4762.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4763.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4763.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4817.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4817.jpg
Karaman 2010 2147.jpg
Karaman 2010 2147.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4818.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4818.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4877.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4877.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4882.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4882.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4886.jpg
Karaman sept 2008 4886.jpg
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