Seydişehir
Seydişehir is a district of Konya Province in the southwest of Konya in the Lakes Region of the Mediterranean Region.
The history of Seydişehir dates back to 5500 BC. Seydişehir is a very old settlement within the borders of Psidia in the Prehistoric Age. It is possible to find traces of this settlement in the wet valley between Lake Beyşehir and Lake Suğla. As a result of the researches carried out in the mounds in this valley, the existence of a Neolithic Age settlement belonging to 5500-5000 BC was revealed during the excavations carried out in the Suberde mound, 10 km southeast of Seydişehir. Many finds obtained during these excavations are still exhibited in the Konya Archeology Museum. It is possible to come across monuments and settlements showing the existence of the Hittites, who ruled in many regions in Anatolia between 2000-700 BC, between Seydişehir and Beyşehir. The rock reliefs and mound finds from the Hittite period in Seydişehir and Beyşehir reveal that the Hittites established suitable settlements between Beyşehir and Seydişehir. The mounds in the villages of Karabulak, Bostandere, Dikilitaş and Akçalar on the Seydişehir-Konya highway attract attention as areas where Hittite and Phrygian settlements are located. In the Classical Age, when Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine civilizations ruled in Anatolia, the existence of cities belonging to the classical period such as Amblada, Vasada, Arvana, Elita, Dalisandus were determined within the borders of Seydişehir district. Vasada Ancient City is located in the valley at the foot of the Kestel Mountain, northeast of Seydişehir, in the Aktepe locality of today's Bostandere village. This famous Roman city is connected to the city of Amblada between the villages of Kavak and Kızılca, as well as to Mistya (Asartepe) in the village of Fasıllar, Beyşehir, by the main road. While the waterway was opened in Aktepe to bring water to Bostandere Village in 1969, the existence of the remains of a theater was discovered. Inscriptions and architectural pieces belonging to the ruins of the city of Vasada are still found on the walls of the houses in the village of Bostandere. In 1952, a Zeus relief was brought to the Konya Archeology Museum from the village of Bostandere, and in 1957 a limestone altar with a relief of a woman on one side and a horn of fertility on the other. Again, among the Bostandere finds, there is an Augustus coin minted in Vasada. In Konya Archeology Museum, there is a Roman lamp brought from Dikilitaş village of Seydişehir, a statuette from Akçalar village, an earthen vase found in Çalmanda mound, and a Roman Grave Stele found in Elita ruins right next to Seydişehir. In addition, there is a Roman ruin with an amphitheater in the place known as Hisartepe, to the north of Yeniceköy, 13 km from Seydişehir. The Roman period lion statues found in these ruins were brought to Seydişehir and are still exhibited in the municipality garden.
