located 60 km from city center, serves Afyonkarahisar. Four flights per week to Istanbul, and seasonal flights to international destinations are available. Cuisine Courses sucuk - the famed local speciality, a spicy beef sausage, eaten fried or grilled. The best known brands include Cumhuriyet, Ahmet İpek, İkbal, İtimat and Danet but only 2 brands has the geographical indication and these are Cumhuriyet & Danet (Vahdet Et). ağzaçık or bükme - filo-style pastry stuffed with cheese or lentils. keşkek - boiled wheat and chick peas stewed with meat. Sweets local cream kaymak eaten with honey, with a bread pudding ekmek kadayıf, or with pumpkin simmered in syrup. Best eaten at the famous Ikbal restaurants (either the old one in the town centre or the big place on the main road). Turkish delight. helva - sweetened ground sesame Main sights Afyonkarahisar Castle Victory Museum (Zafer Müzesi), a national military and war museum, which was used as headquarters by then Commander-in-Chief Mustafa Kemal Pasha (Atatürk), his chief general staff and army commanders before the Great Offensive in August 1922. In the very city center, across the fortress, featuring maps, uniforms, photos, guns from the Greco-Turkish War. The partly ruined fortress which has given the city its name. To reach at the top, eight hundred stairs need to be climbed. The Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum which houses thousands of Hellenic, Frigian, Hittite, Roman, Ottoman finds. Afyon Ulu Camii (the Great Mosque) Altıgöz Bridge, like the Ulu Camii built by the Seljuqs in the 13th century. Afyon mansion () situated on a hill overlooking the panoramic plain. the White Elephant - Afyon is twinned with the town of Hamm in Germany, and now has a large statue of Hamm's symbolic white elephant. With its rich architectural heritage, the city is a member of the European Association of Historic Towns and Regions . Twin towns – sister cities Nyíregyháza, Hungary, since 1992 Greece, Athens, since 1999 Turkistan, Kazakhstan Hamm, Germany, since 2005 Peć, Kosovo, since 2008 Yunfu, China, since 2007 Latakia, Syria, since 2009 Notable natives Following list is alphabetically sorted after family name. Mihran Mesrobian (1889-1975), architect and decorated Ottoman soldier İlker Başbuğ (1943), former Chief of the General Staff of Turkey Ali Çetinkaya (1879-1949), Ottoman Army officer and Turkish politician Fikret Emek (1963), retired military personnel of the Special Forces Command Veysel Eroğlu (1948), Minister of Environment and Forestry Bülent İplikçioğlu (1952), historian Fazıl Şenel