Afyon - Historic National Parks Directorate Victory Museum
Museum The museum is in Afyonkarahisar City Centre, situated at a prime location across Afyonkarahisar Fort and Victory Monument. This two-storey building was built by Saitoglu Mehmet Sait Efendi in pre-Republican period between 1915 and 1920.
It carries the general characteristics of Neoclassical architecture. Its planning is a traditional Anatolian house (a large anteroom with rooms at perimeter opening to the centre). It was used as the Afyon Municipal Council building until the new Council building built in 1930. After the construction of the present Council building, it was allotted to the Police Department. In 1985, by the National Estates Department, it was transferred to the Historic National Parks Directorate to be used as Victory Museum. The Directorate officially took over the building on 11 September 1986 and the Directorate moved into the building in 1992.
Reconstruction and refurbishment of the building are still underway. The building has a very important place in the history of the National Struggle of life and death in the period of 1919 - 1922. Right after the liberation of Afyonkarahisar on 27 August 1922, Commander - in - Chief Mustafa Kemal Pasha and Western Front Commander Ismet Pasha, Chief of General Staff Fevzi Cakmak Pasha and Western Front Chief of Operations Tevfik (Biyikoglu) Pasha stayed in and used the building as the Headquarters.

PHRYGIAN VALLEY
Thousands years before Phyrgian's arrival in Anatolia, there were many civilizations that sprouted and turned to green in Anatolia as in Çatalhöyük, contrary to rumours, that inspirated and modelled new civilizations in the world. Along with these civilizations, a Mother Goddes Cybele cult arouse that symbolizes and is identical with the fertility of Anatolia. Pyrgians and other civilizations, conscious of this 'fertility', maintained this cult. Afyonkarahisar proximity with its fertile land that is vital for the continuity of life and with its mountainous areas suitable for defence, was an appropriate environment for Phyrgians and even during the time when they lost their political sovereignty they kept their cultural improvements for over a thousand year. Cultural riches of this period were destroyed or damaged as a result of natural effects or ill-mannared people's destruction. However, Phyrgian remains around us still shine like the sun on our land with the cultural heritage that previous and subsequent civilizations had established and they still cry out that they sustained Anatolia as a cultural home. Lying in the district among Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya and Eskişehir provinces, the historical, natural and cultural texture of the Phyrgian Valley should be considered as a study of these three cities, therefore, in coordination of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism studies were started by the governors of the three cities. In this scope, Governorship of Afyonkarahisar with in person instructions and patronage of the Governor, a project group was established with support of the staff working in Afyon Emergency Management and Information Processing Center (ADUYBIM). At first, the group made surface surveys in the district of the Valley lying in borders of our province and then evaluated the data. The studies done in this framework include identification of historical, cultural and natural riches on scientific basis, classification, registration, protection and promotion of them, identification of economical and social dimension of the city, bringing to light the tourism potential by identifying transportation, accommodation and activity capacity, determining deficiencies and quoting them to public authorities and achieving economical power in coordination with the public authorities.
Finally, we aim to succeed in transferring the natural, cultural and historical wealth to subsequent generations, preparing the Cultural Inventory of the Phyrgian Valley and revealing the existence of cultural continuity which is observed throughout Anatolia in the borders of the Valley as well as acghieving social, cultural and economical development of our city, region and country with tourism income earned as a result of promotion activities that triggers tourism.

Afyonkarahisar Castle
The Castle was built during the Byzantine period previously was used as a fortress by the Hittite King Mursil II. It was called as Karahisar by the Seljuks, meaning Black Castle in Turkish. The history of the Castle can be traced to 1350 BC. On the top of the Castle are various worship places dedicated to Main Goddess Cybele and 4 large cisterns (water holes). During the period of Seljukian Sultan Alaaddin Keykubad, the castle was restored by the castle commander Ulumar Bedrettin Gevhertaş , a small mosque was added and a palace was constructed near the castle.