Veysel Eroğlu is a Member of Parliament for Afyonkarahisar of the ruling Justice and Development Party and a former Minister of Forestry and Water of Turkey.
Veysel Eroğlu during the inaugural ceremony of the 1st World Irrigation Forum (standing left in the group).
Afyonkarahisar is a city in western Turkey. It is the administrative centre of Afyonkarahisar Province and Afyonkarahisar District. Its population is 251,799 (2021). Afyon is in the mountainous countryside inland from the Aegean coast, 250 km (155 mi) south-west of Ankara along the Akarçay River. In Turkey, Afyonkarahisar stands out as a capital city of hot springs and spas, an important junction of railway, highway and air traffic in West-Turkey, and the place where independence was won.
In addition, Afyonkarahisar is one of the top leading provinces in agriculture, globally renowned for its marble and is the world's largest producer of pharmaceutical opium. In antiquity the city was called Akroinon and it is the site of Afyonkarahisar Castle.
View of Afyonkarahisar Castle
Statue of Zeus at Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
An old mansion in the historic part of Afyonkarahisar
Sultan Divani Tomb Mevlevi Mosque in Afyonkarahisar