Konya is a major city in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. It is the seventh-most-populous city in Turkey., Konya has a population of over 2.1 million. Konya is an economically and industrially developed city and the capital of Konya Province.Konya was historically the capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum (Anatolia) and the Karamanids.NameKonya, was known in classical antiquity and during the medieval period as, as an ancient Greek legend ascribed its name to the "eikon" (image), or the "gorgon's (Medusa's) head", with which Perseus vanquished the native population before founding the city.In some historic English texts, the city's name appears as Konia or Koniah.