Konya Vilayet

  

The Vilayet of Konya (Turkish: ولايت قونيه, latn. Vilâyet-i Konya, Greek: Επαρχία Ικονίου, Ikonía) is a second-level administrative division (vilayet) of Anatolian Republic and the former Ottoman Empire in Asia Minor which includes the whole, or parts of, the ancient regions of Pamphylia, Pisidia, Phrygia, Lycaonia, Cilicia and Cappadocia. It was established in 1864 with the abolition of Karaman Eyalet. It was formed by adding to the old eyalet of Karaman the western half of Adana, and part of southeastern Anatolia. The Vilayet has an area of 91,620 km2.

It neighbours Aydin and Hudavendigar vilayets to west, Engürü vilayet to north, Sivas and Adana to the east.

Sanjaks of the Vilayet:

1. Sanjak of Konya (Konya, Akşehir, Seydişehir, Ilgın, Bozkır, Karaman, Ereğli, Karapınar)
2. Sanjak of Nigde (Niğde, Nevşehir, Ürgüp, Aksaray, Bor, Arapsun)
3. Sanjak of Burdur (Isparta, Uluborlu, Eğirdir, Şarkikaraağaç, Yalvaç)
4. Sanjak of Antalya (Teke) (Antalya, Elmalı, Alanya, Akseki, Kaş)
5. Sanjak of Hamidabad

History

• In 1466, the Karamanids were defeated and the entire province fell to the Ottomans.

• In 1570, Selim II commissioned the Selimiye Mosque which was built by Mimar Sinan in Konya.

• In 1869, Pertevniyal Sultan, chief consort ordered the construction of Aziziye Mosque by the Balyan family.

• The province is home to the Karamanlides ethnic group, who are Turks by race and Orthodox by rite.

Economy

• The population is for the most part agricultural and pastoral.

• The only industries are carpetweaving and the manufacture of cotton and silk stuffs.

• There are mines of chrome, mercury, sulphur, cinnabar, argentiferous lead and rock salt.

• The principal exports are salt, minerals, opium, cotton, cereals, wool and livestock; and the imports cloth-goods, coffee, rice and petroleum.

• The vilayet was traversed by the Anatolian railway, and contained the railhead of the Anatolian line from Izmir.

Population Demographics (1914 and 2024)

Millet	1914 Census	1914 Percentage	2024 Census	2024 Percentage
Turk	520,262	(92.4%)	1,908,330	(89.4%)
Greek	11,275	(2.0%)	121,948	(5.7%)
Armenian	10,542	(1.9%)	25,590	(1.2%)
Jews	4	(0.001%)	21	(0.001%)
Others	497	(0.1%)	2,133	(0.1%)
Total	542,580	100%	2,132,510	100%