Lakes District
The Turkish Lake District or Turkish Lakeland is an area with a series of shallow tectonic lakes within the folds of the Taurus Mountains in Southwestern Anatolia, Turkey The major lakes are Acıgöl, Akşehir, Beyşehir, Burdur, Eğirdir, and the smaller ones are Akgöl, Lake Çavuşçu, Eber, Işıklı, Karamık, Karataş, Kovada, Salda, Suğla and Yarışlı.Photo: Imehling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Isparta and Burdur.
Isparta
Photo: Isparta, Public domain.
Isparta is a city in the Lakes District of Mediterranean Turkey, best known for its production of rose oil. In 2022 the population was 247,600.
Burdur
Photo: 5.mevsim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Burdur is in the Lakes District of Mediterranean Turkey, 130 km inland from the coast. In 2021 the population was 95,500, with as many more in the surrounding district.
Akşehir
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Akşehir is a city in the Lakes District of Mediterranean Turkey, administratively part of Konya Province. With a population just under 94,000 in 2022, it's best known for a fictional resident, Nasreddin Hoca.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Beyşehir and Yalvaç.
Beyşehir
Photo: Noumenon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beyşehir is a city in the Lakes District of Mediterranean Turkey, with a population of 77,700 in 2022. It's on the large freshwater Beyşehir Gölü or Lake Beyşehir, 45 km long by 20 km wide.
Yalvaç
Photo: Maderibeyza, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yalvaç is a city in the Lakes District of Mediterranean Turkey, with a population of 22,500 in 2022. The main reason to visit is the ruins of Antioch of Pisidia at the northeast edge of town.
Lakes District
- Type: region
- Description: Region of Turkey
- Also known as: “Turkish Lakes region” and “Turkish Lakes Region”
- Location: Mediterranean Turkey, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude of center
37.96° or 37° 57′ 36″ northLongitude of center
31.13° or 31° 7′ 48″ eastWikidata ID
Q7855285
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Lakes District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منطقة البحيرات التركية”
- Italian: “Distretto dei laghi (Turchia)”
- Italian: “Distretto dei laghi”
- Slovenian: “Jezersko območje”
- Turkish: “Göller bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Göller Bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Göller Yöresi”
- Venetian: “Destreto dei laghi (Turchia)”
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