Selimiye is a settlement in the
Ä°scehisar District
Ä°scehisar District is a Districts of Turkey, district of Afyonkarahisar Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Ä°scehisar.[Afyonkarahisar Province
Afyonkarahisar Province (), often shortened to Afyon Province, is a Provinces of Turkey, province in western Turkey. Its area is 14,016 km2, and its population is 747,555 (2022). The provincial capital is Afyonkarahisar.
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Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. In 1919 it was called Selimiye but it has also been known as Sarıçayır. By 2007 it was part of the municipality of
Alanyurt; in 2012 the population of Selimiye was 179. In 2013 the municipality of Alanyurt was abolished; administratively, Selimiye became part of the village of Alanyurt.
Places of interest
Nearby are the remains of the
Byzantine
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman E ...
rock-cut Ä°brahim Ä°nleri Church. Dating to the tenth or eleventh century, the church was probably divided into three
aisle
An aisle is a linear space for walking with rows of non-walking spaces on both sides. Aisles with seating on both sides can be seen in airplanes, in buildings such as churches, cathedrals, synagogues, meeting halls, parliaments, courtrooms, ...
s by arcades and had painted reliefs on its walls, one likely of the
Theotokos Hodegetria.
References
Ä°scehisar District
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