Afyonkarahisar
Proper noun
Meaning
Afyonkarahisar
The capital city of Afyon Province, in western Turkey.
Examples
An attack by Peshmerga fighters on the Daesh-held town of Bashiqa was backed by Turkish artillery and tank fire, Yildirim said after a meeting of Justice and Development (AK) Party members in Afyonkarahisar, western Turkey.
The city was known as Afyon (opium), until the name was changed to Afyonkarahisar by the Turkish Parliament in 2004.