| Type: | village |
| Province: | Afyonkarahisar |
| District: | İhsaniye |
| Ayazini | |
| Population Total: | 945 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Coordinates: | 39.0139°N 30.575°W |
| Leader Title: | Muhtar |
| Leader Name: | Bekir Yılmaz |
| Postal Code: | 03380 |
| Area Code: | 0272 |
Ayazini is a village in the İhsaniye District, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 945 (2021).[2] It is a historical place settled by Phrygians, Ancient Romans, Medieval Greeks and Seljuks. There are dwellings, churches and tomb chambers in rock-cut architecture at the archaeological site.
The name of the settlement, a Turkish derivation of the Greek "Aya Sion" (el|Αγία Σιών), was changed to "Ayazin" in 1910.
Ayazini took the municipality status on 29 December 1998. The status was revoked at the 2013 reorganisation due to the decrease of the village population to under 2,000.[3] The village headman is Bekir Yılmaz.
Ayazini is located north of Afyonkarahisar, and reachable east of the Afyonkarahisar-Eskişehir highway D.665 . It is situated in the so-called "Phrygian Valley".
The location has been used as a settlement since the Phrygian Period. There are family and single-person rock tomb chambers with lion figures and columns from the Roman and Byzantine periods, churches and rock dwellings from the Byzantine Period, thanks to carving-suitable rocks. In addition there is the Avdalaz Castle with a cistern carved into massive rock. After the Byzantine era, the site was settled by the Seljuks. It was reported that there are more than 300 caves in various size used as dwelling and 35 churches and chapels.
The Governor of Afyonkarahisar Province started the establishment of the "Phrygia Open-air Museum" with a visitor center under the project of "Restoration of Ayazini and Improvement of Village Streets". The Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism and the Department of Archaeology of the Afyon Kocatepe University support the project.