The Velespit Museum was created by Konya Metropolitan Municipality as part of the city's year as European Cycling Capital, and it opened on 16 February 2026. Fittingly, the opening was a ride rather than a ribbon: cyclists set off from the Konya Panorama Museum and finished at Kılıçarslan Meydanı, where the ceremony was held and the museum was then toured. The municipality's announcement of the opening does not describe what is shown inside.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Konya as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -0.1 °C in January to 23.6 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (43 mm) and lightest in August (6 mm). Long-term means for 1927-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
