Konya Kent Plaza

Kentplaza opened November 16, 2012 in Konya’s Selçuklu district, in the Aydınlıkevler neighborhood, marketed by its developer as Konya’s first shopping center carrying genuinely international retail brands in a city widely regarded as one of Turkey’s most culturally conservative, a positioning the developer treated as symbolically significant for a city otherwise known for Seljuk-era architecture and religious heritage tied to Mevlana (Rumi).

At roughly 110,000 sqm total, including an attached office tower, with 45,000 sqm of leasable retail space, Kentplaza carries LC Waikiki and Boyner (which absorbed the earlier YKM department-store brand) as department-store-tier anchors, with Paribu Cineverse (the rebranded name Mars Cinema Group’s Cinemaximum chain adopted following a 2022 sponsorship deal) running an 11-screen multiplex and Teknosa carrying electronics. Carrefour-SA anchors the grocery floor as a hypermarket, and Koton and DeFacto carry the domestic fashion tier alongside international names like Mango, Lacoste and Benetton.

A roughly 5,600 sqm entertainment zone includes a bowling alley and a large-format gym within a combined 6,500 sqm sports and leisure section, alongside a dedicated children’s play area, an entertainment footprint scaled well beyond what a mid-size Anatolian city mall typically carries. Total parking runs to 1,750 spaces across open and covered areas.

That combination, an international-brand tenant mix paired with a leisure program built for family day-trips rather than pure shopping errands, has kept Kentplaza positioned as Konya’s dominant shopping destination since opening, drawing visitors from Konya province and neighboring areas rather than competing purely within the city center.