Aksaray Center
The history of Aksaray dates back to ancient times. The settlement, which was called Garsaura during the Hittite period, was rebuilt by Archelaos, the last Cappadocian king. The city was named Archaleis in comparison to the king whose city was rebuilt. With the end of the Cappadocia Kingdom, the settlement joined the Roman territory. The settlement, which was a Roman colony during the reign of Claudius, was mentioned as Colonia Archelais. After the division of Rome into two, the settlement passed to the Byzantine administration, and after 1078, it came under the rule of the Seljuks together with the surrounding settlements. The settlement, which was given to the administration of Kutalmışoğlu by the Seljuks, later joined the newly established Anatolian Seljuk State.
