Selçuklu Explained

Type:	metro district
Selçuklu
Image Logo:	Symbol der Stadt Selçuklu.png
Province:	Konya
Leader Party:	AKP
Leader Name:	Ahmet Pekyatırmacı
Area Total Km2:	1931
Elevation M:	1020
Population Total:	690667
Population As Of:	2022
Area Code:	0332

Selçuklu is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey.^[1] Its area is 1,931 km²,^[2] and its population is 690,667 (2022).^[3] Selçuklu is one of the central districts of Konya, along with the districts of Karatay and Meram. It covers the northwestern part of the agglomeration of Konya and the adjacent countryside.

Flora

Between 2004 and 2006, a study was carried out of plants in the district in the area of the Başarakavak and Tatköy neighborhoods, and the Altınapa Dam. Two species are listed as 'Endangered' according to the IUCN Red List: Clypeola ciliata (Boiss) and Silene lycaonica (Chowdh). Also listed as 'Vulnerable' were Iris stenophylla and Centaurea bourgaei (Boiss).^{[4] [5]}

Places to see

The Konya Tropical Butterfly Garden, opened in 2015, is a major tourist attraction.^[6]

Composition

There are 73 neighbourhoods in Selçuklu District:^[7]

• Akademi
• Akıncılar
• Akpınar
• Akşemsettin
• Ardıçlı
• Aşağıpınarbaşı-Bucak
• Aydınlıkevler
• Bağrıkurt
• Başarakavak
• Bedir
• Beyhekim
• Biçer
• Bilecik
• Binkonutlar
• Bosnahersek
• Buhara
• Büyükkayacık
• Çaldere
• Çaltı
• Çandır
• Cumhuriyet
• Dağdere
• Dokuz
• Dumlupınar
• Eğribayat
• Erenköy
• Esenler
• Fatih
• Ferhuniye
• Feritpaşa
• Güvenç
• Hacıkaymak
• Hanaybaşı
• Hocacihan
• Horozluhan
• Hüsamettinçelebi
• İhsaniye
• Işıklar
• Kaleköy
• Karaömerler
• Kervan
• Kılınçaslan
• Kınık
• Kızılcakuyu
• Kosova
• Küçükmuhsine
• Malazgirt
• Mehmet Akif
• Merkez
• Meydanköy
• Musalla Bağları
• Nişantaş
• Parsana
• Sakarya
• Sancak
• Sarayköy
• Sarıcalar
• Şeker
• Selahaddini Eyyubi
• Selahattin
• Selçuk
• Şeyhşamil
• Sille
• Sille Ak
• Sızma
• Sulutaş
• Tatköy
• Tepekent
• Tömek
• Ulumuhsine
• Yazıbelen
• Yazır
• Yukarıpınarbaşı

Gallery

External links

• District governor's official website
• District municipality's official website
• Web site: Statistical information on Selçuklu, Turkey. Turkish Ministry of Education. Turkish. https://web.archive.org/web/20111003145206/http://selcuklu.meb.gov.tr/?cmd=ilce. 2011-10-03.

Notes and References

1. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi
2. Web site: İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri. General Directorate of Mapping. 19 September 2023.
3. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 19 September 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
4. Stephan Robbert Gradstein (editor)
5. Web site: Evren . Yildiztugay. Yavuz . Bağci . Mustafa . Küçüködük . Endemic plants of Başarakavak and environs (Konya, Turkey) . pdf. botanicaserbica.bio.bg.ac.rs (Botanica Serbia). 16 October 2014.
6. News: Başbakan Ahmet Davutoğlu Tropikal Kelebek Bahçesi'ni açtı . . 4 July 2015 . tr . 21 January 2019 .
7. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle