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Konya ( Turkish pronunciation: [ˈkon.ja] ; Greek : Ικόνιον Ikónion , Latin : Iconium ) is a city in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey . It is the seventh most populous city in Turkey . As of 2014, Konya has a population of 1,174,536. Konya is an economically and industrially developed city and the capital of Konya Province .
Konya was historically the capital of the Seljuq Sultanate of Rum and the Karamanids .
Konya, was known in classical antiquity and during the medieval period as Ἰκόνιον ( Ikónion ) in Greek (with regular Medieval Greek apheresis Kónio(n) ) and as Iconium in Latin . This name is commonly explained as a derivation from εἰκών ( icon ), as an ancient Greek legend ascribed its name to the " eikon " (image), or the " gorgon 's ( Medusa 's) head ", with which Perseus vanquished the native population before founding the city. In some historic English texts, the city's name appears as Konia or Koniah