Nevsehir

Size
62nd largest city in Turkey
Altitude
1260 m / 4133 ft
Industry
Textiles, flour, wine and fruit juice factories, carpet weaving, pottery
Agriculture
Grain (80%), sugar beet, potatoes, chickpeas, apples, grapes
Animal husbandry
Sheep
History
Byzantine, Seljuk, Ottoman, Turkish Republic
It was called Muskara and the Grand Vizier of the Tulip Period in the Ottoman Empire, Damat Ibrahim Pasa was from this city. He donated to his hometown many hans, kitchens, hamams, medreses and suchlike giving the town a new vision. Since then the town was called Nevsehir which means "new town". "Nev" in Persian means new. At the top of the hill there is a Byzantine castle which was restored many times during Seljuk and Ottoman periods