Ak Monastery
This monastery, which is known as Deyrieflatun in the history of Turkish-Islamic Sufism, was known as Akmanastır among the people because its facade was carved into a light colored rock. The name Deyrieflatun, that is, "Plato's Monastery" in the Seljuk sources, is related to the memory of Plato, the representative of the Ancient philosophy, which was also very common in the Turkish period in Konya. According to the Greek inscription, which was seen and copied before, Akmanastır was founded in 1067 by a monk named Markos in the name of Spilaiotissa, that is, "Cave Virgin". This monastery was originally from Konya and was built in the name of the saint Hagios Khariton. It is estimated that the monks who migrated from there after a while founded Akmanastır near Konya, and for this reason, the inscription dated 1067 indicates a repair or expansion.
On the inscription above a tomb in the form of Seljuk sarcophagi, which was previously in the courtyard of the monastery, it is written that this is a tomb belonging to the son of Ioannes Komnenos and the grandson of Ioannes Komnenos Mavrozomes, a descendant of the Byzantine emperors who died in 1297.
