Beysehir Attractions
Western Taurus (Isaurian-Pisidian lake district)
The district town of Beysehir, attractively situated at the southeast corner of Beysehir Gölü at the point where the canalised Beysehir Çayi enters the lake, is a busy market town, the economic center of a sizable agricultural basin. Lying at the junction of two ancient routes (Konya to Izmir and Konya to Antalya), it combines remnants of an old town (northwest on the lakeside) with a new town to the east. Stretching away northeast of the new town is the intensively cultivated Beysehir Ovasi, mainly given over to horticulture.
Beysehir (Princely Town) was established in the 13th century by a high official of the Seljuk imperial administration, the Emir Esref, who made it his feudal seat. It probably occupies the site of ancient Parlais.
The district town of Beysehir, attractively situated at the southeast corner of Beysehir Gölü at the point where the canalised Beysehir Çayi enters the lake, is a busy market town, the economic center of a sizable agricultural basin. Lying at the junction of two ancient routes (Konya to Izmir and Konya to Antalya), it combines remnants of an old town (northwest on the lakeside) with a new town to the east. Stretching away northeast of the new town is the intensively cultivated Beysehir Ovasi, mainly given over to horticulture.
Beysehir (Princely Town) was established in the 13th century by a high official of the Seljuk imperial administration, the Emir Esref, who made it his feudal seat. It probably occupies the site of ancient Parlais.
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Esrofoglu Camii
Esrofoglu Camii is a late 13th C wooden mosque with beautiful wooden columns and open beams.
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Beysehir Gölü
Beysehir Gölü is Turkey's 3rd largest lake and contains some thirty islands. The north and west sides are part of the Kizildag Milli Parki.
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Bozkir (Isauria Vetus)
Isauria Vetus was first discovered in 1984 by Ilhan Temizsoy. Today the remains of the agora wall, the necropolises, and several other buildings have been unearthed.
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Eflâtun Pinari
Eflâtun Pinari dates from the New Kingdom (1460-1200 B.C.) and is notable for its 7 m long altar-like structure.
Fasilar, Turkey
(Near Beysehir)
At Fasilar, a village about 10km/6mi east of Beysehir, a large stone statue, 7.5m/25ft long, lies fallen on the hillside. The village has so far defied classification and experts are yet to agree the exact age of the figure, placing it somewhere between the Old and New Hittite periods. One theory links the figure, assumed to be that of a god or a king, to the shrine at the Eflâtun Pinari sacred spring 40km/25mi away. Near the village is a rock tomb with a relief depicting a horse.
