Things to Do in Hocalar: 2 Places to Visit

Places to Visit in Hocalar

While you are in Hocalar, you can also see the highlights of Afyonkarahisar province. These places are in other districts; Hocalar is about 53 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 Hocalar

Suggested time

A few hours

Best time to visit

Summer

Places to visit

2 places

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  Bükme (folded dough pastry)

  The region's folded pastry with minced meat or lentils.

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  Afyon Sucuğu

  Afyon sausage, a protected geographical indication.

Culture, Local Products and Economy of Hocalar

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  Rural life

  The 15 villages attached to the district maintain traditional rural life.

Local Products

• Livestock products — Milk and cheese obtained from livestock farming on mountainous terrain.

Economy

The main livelihood is livestock farming and agriculture.

How to Get to Hocalar

Hocalar is about 53 km from Afyonkarahisar city centre as the crow flies. The district is 38 km from Sandıklı and 35 km from Banaz.

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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
• Bayat 4 places Natural-Dyed Kilim Workshops, İnpazarcık Rock Settlement and Elicek Rock Tombs and Rock Chambers
• 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
• 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