[1] It is located at 68 km from the city of Afyon on the road to Konya, near Lake Akşehir at the foothills of the Sultan Mountains (Sultandağ), a meeting point of the Aegean and central Anatolian geographical zones.

The area has been settled since antiquity but the town that stands today, formerly known as İshaklı, was founded by the Seljuk lord İshak Bey and named after him.

taking the "size" criteria into consideration, the jury tries to decide the owner of the biggest cherries in the related year.

Some of these singers are Orhan Hakalmaz, Murat Basaran, Izzet Altinmese, Lara, Sumer Ezgu, etc.

There was a large earthquake in 2001 which caused little loss of life; it was this event which led most people to focus their attention on the town.