BURDUR

SLEEPİNG BEAUTY BURDURBurdur is a small province in the south-west of Turkey. Although it is a small town , it takes attention with its natural beauties and historical remains dating as far as 6000 BC. The thermal resorts are also attractive for those who like spas. The most appealing feature of Burdur is Insuyu. Insuyu is 597 m long . For nature lovers, Lake of Burdur has a beautiful view… The Centik beach is on the side of Lake Burdur, 8 kilometers from the city; the Salda Lake is a another frequently visited camping area with forested surrounding and a delightful beach, a must to see. For fishing, Golhisar Lake is excellent. All of these lakes provide a rare beauty of nature and fauna around them. Sagalassos at Aglasun town, 37 kilometers to Burdur, was the capital of Psydia and has many historical remains like a Roman theatre of 12,000 seat capacity, the tombs and the citadel from medieval ages. The Hacilar district is another remarkable site for historical remains with statues dating back to Neolithic Age. Cybira at Golhisar, Cremna at Camlik Bucak, Kumcay and Incirhan are other historical sites. Picnicking, camping, hunting, and fishing are other attractions.

Insuyu Cave

BURDUR LAKE

SALDA LAKE

SAGALASOS

Human settlement in the area goes back to 8000 BCE, before the actual site was occupied.

Sagalassos was one of the wealthiest cities in Pisidia when Alexander the Great conquered it in 333 BCE on his way to Persia. It had a population of a few thousand.

After some time following Alexander's death, The Roman Empire absorbed Pisidia. After some wars, earthquakes and Arab raids, the site was abandoned. Sagalassos disappeared from the records.

Explorer Paul Lucas, who was traveling in Turkey on a mission for the court of Louis XIV of France, visited the ruins in 1706. After 1824, when Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell(1780–1846), the British chaplain at Izmir and an antiquary, visited the site and deciphered its name in inscriptions,[1] Western travelers begun to visit the ruins. Polish historian of art, count K. Lanckoroński produced the first map of Sagalassos. However, the city did not attract much archaeological attention until 1985, when an Anglo-Belgian team led by Stephen Mitchell begun a major survey of the site. Today, lots of visters come to see Sagalassos from all over the world although the research hasn’t finished yet.

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BAKİ BEY MANSİON

A tradional manision dates back 17 th century

STONE ROOM

Another traditional called ‘Tas oda’

GREEN HİLL

You can drink a cup of tea while you watching Burdur from Green Hill.

CLOCK TOWER

The clock tower builded at 1936 . The Clock Tower is in city centre and in pazar neighborhood.

MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK

You can see the statues of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Cumhuriyet Square .

MUSEUM

Museum, opened to first visit on 12 july 1969

REPUBLİC PARK

relaxation greenery area 

Relaxation greenery area

TRAİN STATİON

This is old train station but cerrently unavilable

GRAND MOSQUE

CARPET BUSİNESS

Women used to weave cerpets and rug in past today Modern rugs are made in factories.

BURDUR’S MUSİCAL İNSTRUMENTS

KEMANE: Burdur is famous with string insturument.

SİPSİ:Also Burdur is famous with wind instrument . It height is ; 15-25 cm . Sipsi has got a 5 hole.

TRADİTİONAL DANCE

They always dance in to wedding ceremony and special days

TRADİTİONAL FOOD

Burdur şiş Tas kebabı

Su boregi

Ceviz ezmesi

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