Konya is a major city in central Anatolia, Turkey, best known as the home of the whirling dervishes and the Mevlana Museum, and renting a car here is a practical way to combine the city's heritage sites with the wider Anatolian plateau beyond it. Konya Airport sits a short distance north of the city center, with international and local rental desks available for travelers arriving by air, while the city's size and status as a regional hub also means downtown rental counters exist for those arriving by intercity bus or high-speed train instead.
Turkey drives on the right, and Konya's road network connects smoothly to the rest of central Anatolia. The O-21 motorway links Konya toward Aksaray and, further on, Nevsehir and the Cappadocia region, a popular multi-hour drive for visitors chaining the two destinations together, while the E-96 and connecting routes head south and west toward the Mediterranean coast and Antalya, a longer journey best broken into a full day. Within the city itself, wide boulevards and a functional grid make driving straightforward compared to some older Turkish cities, though the historic core around the Mevlana Museum is dense and better explored on foot once you have parked nearby.
Fuel stations are plentiful along the motorways and throughout the city, and Turkey's toll system on motorways like the O-21 is generally handled through an electronic tag (HGS) rather than cash booths, so confirm with your rental company how tolls are billed before setting out. The central Anatolian plateau around Konya is high, dry and can see cold winters with occasional snow, so if traveling between December and February it is worth asking about winter tires or checking road conditions before longer drives toward Cappadocia or the coast, since conditions on the plateau can differ sharply from those found in Konya itself.