Afyonkarahisar (District Municipality, Türkiye) (original) (raw)

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[[Flag]](../images/t/tr-03-af.gif) image by Tomislav Šipek, 25 September 2017

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Presentation of Afyonkarahisar

The municipality of Afyonkarahisar (236,297 inhabitants in 2012, 186,991 in the town proper; 10,251 ha) is located in western Anatolia, 250 km south-west of Ankara. Once known as Afyon ("opium"), the town was renamed Afyonkarahisar ("Opium Black Castle") in 2004.

Ivan Sache, 21 February 2016

Flag of Afyonkarahisar

The flag of Afyonkarahisar (photo, photo, photo,photo) is white with the municipality's emblem in the middle. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality".
The emblem of the municipality features the volcanic rock that culminates 200 m above the town (photo, photo, photo). The rock has been topped by a fortress since the Hittite times (c. 1350 BC); in 1071, the Seljuk Turks settled the place and renamed it Kara Hisar, for the fortress. Partly ruined, the citadel can be reached by climbing 800 stairs.

Tomislav Šipek, 25 September 2017

City Council

[[Flag]](../images/t/tr-03-afc.gif) image by Tomislav Šipek, 8 December 2019

The flag of the Afyonkarahisar City Council (photo,photo) is white with the council's emblem. "Kent Konseyi" means "City Council".
The emblem is based on a famous photo of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk walking up the rocky top of the Kocatepe Hill, deep in thought - according to the Turkish historiography, foreseeing the attack of the Greek lines. The scene is also reproduced on the Atatürk Monument (photo) erected on the Kocatepe Hill in 1992 by Tankut Öktem.

Tomislav Šipek & Ivan Sache, 8 December 2019

Municipalities

Çayırbağ

[[Flag]](../images/t/tr-03-cy.gif) image by Tomislav Šipek, 25 September 2017

The flag of Çayırbağ (photo) is white with the municipality's emblem in the center. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality".

Tomislav Šipek, 17 September 2017

Çıkrık

[[Flag]](../images/t/tr-03-ci.png) image by Tomislav Šipek, 17 September 2017

The flag of Çıkrık (photo) is white with the municipality's emblem in the center. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality".

Tomislav Šipek, 17 September 2017

Değirmenayvalı

[[Flag]](../images/t/tr-03-dg.gif) image by Tomislav �ipek, 6 January 2022

The flag of Değirmenayvalı from Afyonkarahisar District is white with logo.
https://www.afyonyerelbasin.com/degirmenayvali-da-kursiyerler-belgelerini-aldi/65118/

Tomislav �ipek, 6 January 2022

Erkmen

[[Flag]](../images/t/tr-03-er0.gif) image by Tomislav Šipek, 12 September 2025

From:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php

Former flag
[[Flag]](../images/t/tr-03-er.gif) image by Tomislav Šipek, 17 September 2017

The flag of Erkmen (photo) is white with the municipality's emblem in the center. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality".

Tomislav Šipek, 17 September 2017

Fethibey

[[Flag]](../images/t/tr-03-fe.jpg) image by Tomislav Šipek, 10 January 2022

The flag of Fethibey in Afyonkarahisar District is white with logo.
https://www.afyonyerelbasin.com/haber/fethibey-belediye-ba%C5%9Fkan%C4%B1/

Tomislav Šipek, 10 January 2022

Gebeceler

[[Flag]](../images/t/tr-03-ge0.jpg) image by Tomislav Šipek, 12 September 2025

From:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php

Former flag
[[Flag]](../images/t/tr-03-ge.gif) image by Tomislav Šipek, 17 September 2017

The flag of Gebeceler (photo,photo) is white with the municipality's emblem in the center. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality".

Tomislav Šipek, 17 September 2017

Işıklar

[[Flag]](../images/t/tr-03-ii.gif) image by Tomislav Šipek, 26 September 2017

The flag of Işıklar (photo) is white with the municipality's emblem in the center. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality".

Tomislav Šipek, 26 September 2017

Nuribey

[[Flag]](../images/t/tr-03-nur.gif) image by Tomislav Šipek, 15 September 2025

From:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GN3cRJzW4AAXL2K.jpg:large

Sülümenli

[[Flag]](../images/t/tr-03-sm.gif) image by Tomislav Šipek, 17 September 2017

The flag of Sülümenli is white with the municipality's emblem in the center. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality".

Tomislav Šipek, 17 September 2017

Sülün

[[Flag]](../images/t/tr-03-sn.png) image by Tomislav Šipek, 18 September 2017

The flag of Sülün (photo) is white with the municipality's emblem in the center. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality".

Tomislav Šipek, 18 September 2017

Susuz

[[Flag]](../images/t/tr-03-sz.gif) image by Tomislav Šipek, 26 September 2017

The flag of Susuz (photo) is white with the municipality's emblem in the center. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality".

Tomislav Šipek, 26 September 2017

Universities

Afyon Kocatepe University

[[Flag]](../images/t/tr%5Faku.jpg)

[[Flag]](../images/t/tr%5Faku1.jpg) [[Flag]](../images/t/tr%5Faku.gif) [[Flag]](../images/t/tr%5Faku1.gif)

Flag of AKÜ, four versions - Images by Tomislav Šipek, 11 February 2020

Afyon Kocatepe University (Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi - AKÜ) was founded in Afyonkarahisar in 1992. AKÜ originates in the establishment in 1974 of Afyonkarahisar Finance and Accounting High School, a branch of Eskişehir Economics and Trading Sciences Academy. The university is composed of 12 Faculties, 4 Schools, 15 Vocational Colleges and 3 Institutes.
AKÜ is named for Afyon, the short, usual name of the town ("opium" in Turkish) and the nearby Kocatepe Hill, an emblematic place in the Greek-Turkish War. In August 1922, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was stationed in Afyonkarahisar. On 26 August 1922, he decided to launch the attack known in the Turkish historiography as the "All-out battle of Supreme military commands" and known to the historians as the Battle of Dumlupınar, which ended on 30 August with the collapse of the Greek army.
[AKÜ website]

The flag of AKÜ is white (photo;photo), or blue (photo) with the university's emblem in the center.
The emblem of AKÜ (construction sheet) is based on a famous photo of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk walking up the rocky top of the Kocatepe Hill, deep in thought - according to the Turkish historiography, foreseeing the attack of the Greek lines. The scene is also reproduced on the Atatürk Monument (photo) erected on the Kocatepe Hill in 1992 by Tankut Öktem.
The white flag uses the official emblem while the blue flag uses the emblem with a white border and black lettering.

Ivan Sache, 14 June 2017

Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University

[[Flag]](../images/t/tr%5Fafsu.gif) image by Tomislav Šipek, 12 February 2020

AFSÜ (website) was established on 18 May 2018. The university is composed of the Faculties of Medicine, Health Sciences, Dentistry, and Pharmacy.

The flag of AFSÜ (photo,photo,photo,photo,photo,photo,photo) is white with the university's emblem.

Tomislav Šipek & Ivan Sache, 13 February 2020

Faculty of Pharmacy

[[Flag]](../images/t/tr%5Fafsu-ph.gif) image by Tomislav Šipek, 24 December 2024

Photo: https://eczacilik.afsu.edu.tr/dekan/

Professional boards

Afyonkarahisar Chamber of Commerce and Industry

[[Fflag]](../images/t/tr-03$af.gif) image by Ivan Sache, 11 October 2017

The flag of ATSO (photo,photo,photo) is white with the organization's logo.
The logo features the Monument of the Great Victory. Designed by Heinrich Krippel (1883-1945), an Austrian sculptor who designed several monumental statues of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the monument, celebrating the victory of the Turks (represented by the standing man) over the western powers (represented by the lying bodies trampled by the man) in the Turkish War of Independence, the monument was inaugurated on 24 March 1936.

Ivan Sache, 11 October 2017

Afyonkarahisar Commodity Exchange

[[Flag]](../images/t/tr-03$a1.gif) image by Ivan Sache, 4 September 2019

The flag of the Afyonkarahisar Commodity Exchange (photo) is white with the organization's emblem.

Ivan Sache, 4 September 2019