Konariotes

The Konariotes were descendants of Turkish shepherds from Konya, who settled in Macedonia (region) around 1360 and called by the Greek as Konariotes. Big settlements were in Ptolemaida and Kozani. At the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, they went to Turkey.^[1]

Konariotes Media

Hercules Sarcophagus (ca. 250–260 AD) in the Konya Archaeological Museum
A marble statue of Nike, the Ancient Greek goddess located in Konya Archaeological Museum.
Late evening view of Mevlana Fountain opposite the Selimiye Mosque, Konya. Turkey.
Ince Minaret Medrese (1279) in Konya
Established in 1273, the Sufi Mevlevi Order and its Whirling Dervishes are renowned symbols of Konya and Turkey.
The Mevlana Museum (1274) is the last resting place of the Sufi mystic and poet Rumi in Konya, the capital of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate.
Greeks from nearby village of Sille in 19th century
Konya Metropolitan Governor's Office
Lake Meke, a large crater lake in Konya Province