The word Meram, in Konyalı; In the meaning of "purpose, desire, target, aim, theme". The special name of this paradise promenade, where everyone is dying to see, meet, travel and live. Thus, it was remembered. With this name, it has passed into histories, documents, foundation charters, travel-names, books, poems, and has spread from mouth to mouth, from heart to heart. Meram is 8 km west of the city centre. in the distance. A harmony of greenery that opens like a fan towards Konya on the steep sloping bare slopes of Loras Mountain in the west and the eastern skirts of these slopes. This includes a part of the plain of the Konya plain on this side, as well as the slopes covered with greenery.

     Meram gets its real beauty, personality and legendary reputation during the Seljuk period. These beauties continued with an increasing attraction and enchantment during the Karamanids, Ottomans and Republican periods. One of the twelve gates of the walls surrounding Seljuk Konya from the outside was opening to the road to Meram and its name was “Meram Gate”. Meram's Mevlana and Mevlevi centuries brought unforgettable memories to the cultural history of the Seljuk capital, Konya. Perched on the flowing water, the blooming flower, the smelling rose, the greening leaf; mixed with the blowing breeze; Insatiable conversations full of love, meaning and ingenuity have taken their place in lines and languages. It has passed into architecture, mixed with the stone, marble, wood and mortar of the masjids, tombs, daru'l-huffâz (hafiz schools), houses and mansions in Meram, and has reached us.