EÄŸirdir

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Eğirdir is a place and an eponymous district in the Turkish province of Isparta, which lies on the south bank of the Eğirdir Gölü. Eğirdir 34 km from the provincial capital of Isparta. The population of the district is 35 684. In the center live 18,559 inhabitants.

The name of the city, originally Eğridir, comes from the nearby ancient Greek settlement of Akrotiri. In the 1980s it was changed in Eğirdir. Eğridir means in Turkish is crooked.

The district is one of the leading specialty hospitals for bone diseases in the country. He is also known for its very rarely encountered Beech family Fagaceae, the sigla - wood, the Eğirdir apple and encountered only in this region Apollo Butterfly.

Settlements

In addition to the county town are in the county's four municipalities Barla, Gökçehöyük, Pazarköy and Sarıidris and 24 villages Ağılköy, Akbelenli, Akdoğan, Akpınar, Aşağıgökdere, Bademli Bağcık, Bağıllı, Bağören, Balkırı, Beydere, Çayköy, Eyüpler, Havutlu, Kırıntı, Mahmatlar, Serpilköy, Sevinçbey, Sipahiler, Sorkuncak, Tepeli, Yılgıncak, Yukarıgökdere and Yuvali.

Education

The located in Isparta Suleyman Demirel University - affiliated Department of Water Resources and the vocational school Eğirdir are based in the city. In Eğirdir is also a training center of the Turkish Armed Forces for mountain warfare.

History

It is assumed that Eğirdir was founded by Croesus ( 560-547 BC), the ruler of Lydia. The castle was built by Eğirdir therefore of the Lydians. During Roman times the place Prostanna was called. The first Turkish settlements were probably after 1071st The Seljuk ruler Kılıç Arslan III. had 1204 Eğirdir and the adjacent villages incorporated into the Seljuk Empire in. The Seljuks used this place as a recreational facility and gave him because of its beautiful landscape the name Cennetâbad ( mutatis mutandis sky city). In 1391 Eğirdir and its surroundings came into Ottoman hands. Some time later Eğirdir also came under the reign of Timur and the Karamanoğulları. During the reign of Sultan Murat II in 1423 but it was finally assigned to the Ottoman Empire. After reorganization, it was in the province of Konya, incorporated after the founding of the Republic of Turkey in the province of Isparta.

Climate

Precipitation occurs mostly in winter and spring. The annual total precipitation is 705 mm. The average temperature in the constantly windy area is 11.9 ° C.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Hüseyin Kartal ( b. 1982 ), football player