Things to Do in Bayat: 4 Places to Visit

Places to Visit in Bayat

• 2 Historic
• 1 Nature
• 1 Cultural

While you are in Bayat, you can also see the highlights of Afyonkarahisar province. These places are in other districts; Bayat is about 42 km from the provincial centre.

• Afyonkarahisar Castle — The castle stands on a 226-metre rock that was once a volcano.
• Afyonkarahisar Grand Mosque — Built between 1272 and 1277 and popularly known as the Kırk Direkli ("Forty Columns") Mosque, this timber-columned mosque is one of the important examples of Seljuk and Beylik-period timber-columned mosque architecture.
• Gedik Ahmed Paşa Complex (İmaret Mosque) — A complex built around 1470–1472 for Gedik Ahmed Paşa, vizier in the time of Mehmed the Conqueror, and attributed to the architect Ayaz Ağa.
• Sultan Dîvânî Mevlevihane Museum — The Mevlevi lodge founded by Ulu Ârif Çelebi in 1316 was rebuilt in 1908 after a fire in 1902 and opened as a museum in 2008. The tradition of "40 Hatimli Şifalı Aşure" (healing aşure of forty Qur'an recitations) is believed to have begun here.
• Victory Museum — Built as the town hall in 1913–1914, the building became the headquarters of Commander-in-Chief Mustafa Kemal Paşa and his commanders after the city's liberation on 27 August 1922, and the final plans for the Battle of the Commander-in-Chief of 30 August were drawn up here.
• Afyonkarahisar Museum — Founded in 1933, this archaeology and ethnography museum moved in 2023 to its new building on the Afyonkarahisar–Izmir road.

Practical Information for Visiting Bayat

Suggested time

A few hours

Best time to visit

Spring and summer

Places to visit

4 places

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  Afyon Kaymak (clotted cream)

  Thick clotted cream made from buffalo and cow's milk, one of the province's most famous treats, is served with bread kadayıf.

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  Tutmaç Soup (noodle and lentil soup)

  Tutmaç, made with homemade noodles and lentils and served with garlic yoghurt, is the traditional soup of the region.

Culture, Local Products and Economy of Bayat

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  Kilim weaving

  The weaving tradition passed down from generation to generation is at the centre of the district's cultural identity.

Local Products

• Bayat Turkmen Kilim — Bayat Turkmen Kilim was registered as a protected geographical indication on 5 February 2001 (TÜRKPATENT registration no. 29). Product group: carpets and kilims. Registered by: Bayat Social Aid and Solidarity Foundation.
• Natural-dyed kilim — Bayat kilims woven with plant dyes are the district's best-known product and an export item.

Economy

The district's economy rests on agriculture, livestock farming and kilim weaving.

How to Get to Bayat

Bayat is about 42 km from Afyonkarahisar city centre as the crow flies. The district is reached by road via Afyonkarahisar and Emirdağ.

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Other Districts of Afyonkarahisar

• Afyonkarahisar Central District 10 places Mevlevihane Museum, Zafer Museum and Karahisar Castle
• Başmakçı 3 places Abdurrahman Sultan Tomb, Başmakçı Plain and Yaka town
• Bolvadin 10 places Bolvadin Castle, Lake Eber and Bolvadin Grand Mosque (Ulu Cami)
• Çay 7 places Çay Taş Madrasa (Yusuf bin Yakub Madrasa), Eber Lake and Karamık Lake
• Çobanlar 3 places Anabura Ancient City, Anabura Ancient City (Kocaöz) and Akarçay Valley
• Dazkırı 3 places Beşparmak Mountains, Acıgöl (salt lake) and Dazkırı Plain
• Dinar 10 places Tatarlı Tumulus, Celaenae-Apamea Ancient City and Büyük Menderes River Source
• Emirdağ 5 places Emirdağ Mountains, Amorium Ancient City (Hisarköy) and Çarşı Mosque
• Evciler 4 places Işıklı Dam, Kocahöyük and Küçükhöyük Mounds and Evciler Plain
• Hocalar 2 places Akdağ Mountain and Foothills of Ahır Mountain
• İhsaniye 13 places Döğer Caravanserai, Emre Lake and Phrygian Valley (Phrygian Cultural Route)
• İscehisar 10 places Seydiler Castle, Seydiler Lake and Docimium Ancient Marble Quarries
• Kızılören 1 place Kızılören Countryside
• Sandıklı 11 places Hüdai Hot Springs, Sandıklı Castle and Sandıklı Grand Mosque
• Sinanpaşa 10 places Küçükhöyük, Sinan Paşa Mosque and Complex and Hersekzade Ahmed Paşa Tomb (Ahmetpaşa)
• Sultandağı 7 places Sultan Mountains, İshaklı Castle and Akşehir Lake Shore
• Şuhut 9 places Şuhut Martyrs' Cemetery, Asmakaya Castle and Bininler Rock Tombs