Kayseri has a population of over half a million people and is  a great historical background is an industrial and trade center. It has a great historical background. Despite the fact that the history of the city dates back to 2000 B.C., its main frame was attained as a center of Cappadocia region in the period of Romans, and took the name of Caesar-Kayseri. At the end of the eleventh century; Kayseri was conquested by Anatolian Seljuks, and became the second capital city of Anatolian Seljuks and a major cultural and scientific center for nearby Konya . In those years, thirty-two madrasas maintained their education programmes. The first Turkish-Islamic campus in Anatolia is the Hunat Hatun Complex which was constructed in dedication to Hunat Hatun in 1276, which  included a mosque, a madrasas a bath and a soup kitchen. In the period of Anatolian Seljuks, a large number of historical works of art such as mosques, madrasas and particularly The Turning Vault called monumental tomb were constructed, and they have lived through ancient years up to the present time. The historical Covered-Bazaar, which ranks third in size in our country, still maintains its function as a shopping center in Kayseri. Particularly, Kayseri’s  inner castle, the Turning Vault, and ancient volcanic Mount Erciyes are the historical and natural symbols of Kayseri.

The aircraft and textile industries of our country first started in Kayseri., Kayseri is also known by its hand-woven silk and wool carpets, pastrami, sausage and mantı (a ravioli-like dish served with yoghurt).

Kayseri had one of the Trade Fairs in the world. Kanish and Karum ruins, the trade centers between Assyrian and Hittites, are 22 kilometres to the east of Kayseri Foreign Bazaar, which belongs to the period of Seljuks, is 80 kilometres to the south-east of Kayseri. Besides a great number of relics and abandoned places in prehistoric periods such as the periods of Hittites, Assyrians, Greek and Romans, the city of Kayseri   has owned and kept a great number of Ottoman and Seljuk historical works of art and has always been a trade center as well. A great many historical large-inns and caravansarays exist in its vicinity and some of them still seem to be spectacular places. The Sultan Han (inn), 45 kilometres in the east of Kayseri, the Karatay Caravansaray, 60 kilometres in the south-east of Kayseri, and Incesu Karamustafa Pasha Caravansaray, 20 kilometres in the west of Kayseri, are few that still exist.

Mount Erciyes, the top of which is usually permanently covered with snow, is both a center for winter sports and a cool resort  in summer.

The Taurus Mountains, within the borders of the city, Kapuzbashi Waterfalls near Yahyalı and Sultan Sazlighi (bulrushes), which is also  known as  “birds paradise” on the same route, are the natural wonders as well. Millions of 259 kinds of  birds pass by or perch Sultan Sazlighi every year. Kayseri, the center of Cappadocia region, is 80 kilometres to Göreme and 70 kilometres to Soğanlı Valley, a picturesque valley of innumerable chapels, church halls, houses, and tombs.