Eğirdir ( tr, Eğirdir Gölü, formerly ''Eğridir'') is a

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in the Lakes Region of

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. The town of

Eğirdir Eğirdir is a town and district of Isparta Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. History The town and the lake were formerly called ''Eğridir'', a Turkish pronunciation and possible appropriation of the town's old Greek name Akrotor ...

lies near its southern end, 107 kilometers (67 mi) north of

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. With an area of it is the fourth largest lake in Turkey, and the second largest freshwater lake.

Name

The town and the lake were formerly called ''Eğridir'', a Turkish pronunciation of the town's old

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name ''Akrotiri''. ''Eğridir'' means "it is crooked" in Turkish, so to remove the negative connotations, in the mid-1980s the "i" and the "r" were transposed in a new official name, thus creating ''Eğirdir'', a name that evokes spinning and flowers, although many people in Turkey still call both the town and the lake by its former name.

Islands

Lake Eğirdir has two islands, connected to the mainland by a long causeway into the town of

: *Can Ada (meaning "Life Island") the smaller of the two islands. *Yeşil Ada ("Green Island," formerly known as Nis) - until

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, was home to a Greek community living in stone and timber houses.

References

External links

EğirdirTurkey.comEğirdir Guide and Photo Album
Egirdir Landforms of Isparta Province Eğirdir District Important Bird Areas of Turkey {{MediterraneanTR-geo-stub

Name

Islands

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