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{{Infobox Turkey place
| type                 = municipality
| name                 = Eğirdir
| other_name           = 
| image_skyline        = Lake Egirdir.jpg
| image_caption        = View of Lake Eğirdir and the town
| image_shield         = 
| coordinates          = {{coord|37|52|30|N|30|51|02|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| province             = Isparta
| district             = Eğirdir
| leader_party         = AKP
| leader_name          = Veli Gök
| area_footnotes       = 
| area_total_km2       = 
| elevation_m          = 930
| population_footnotes = <ref name=tuik/>
| population_total     = 16759
| population_as_of     = 2022
| postal_code          = 32500
| area_code            = 0246
| website              = {{url|http://www.egirdir.bel.tr/}}
}}
'''Eğirdir''' is a town in [[Isparta Province]] in the [[Mediterranean Region, Turkey|Mediterranean Region]] of [[Turkey]]. It is the seat of [[Eğirdir District]].<ref name=ilce>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.</ref> Its population is 16,759 (2022).<ref name=tuik>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=13 March 2023|publisher=[[TÜİK]]|language=en|format=XLS}}</ref>

Eğirdir is located on a peninsula in [[Lake Eğirdir]], with two nearby islands that are now connected to the mainland by a causeway. In the Middle Ages, the town was the capital of a small principality.

==Geography==
Eğirdir is located near the south end of [[Lake Eğirdir]], on a peninsula extending northwards into the lake.<!-- TIB 7, p. 179 --> Immediately southwest of Eğirdir is a mountain called Eğirdirsivrisi or Camili dağı, which rises to 1,733&nbsp;m above sea level.<!-- TIB 7, p. 179 --> Northeast of Eğirdir are two islands called Can Ada and Yeşil Ada, which are now connected to the mainland by a causeway.<!-- TIB 7, p. 179 --> Yeşil Ada was formerly called Nis Ada, probably derived from Greek ''νησί'' (''nesí'') "island".<!-- TIB 7, p. 179 --> The town is located about 110&nbsp;km north of [[Antalya]].<!-- TIB 7, p. 179 --><ref name="TIB 7">{{cite book |last1=Belke |first1=Klaus |last2=Mersich |first2=Norbert |title=Tabula Imperii Byzantini Bd. 7. Phrygien und Pisidien |date=1990 |publisher=Österreichicshe Akademie der Wissenschaften |location=Wien |isbn=3-7001-1698-5 |url=https://tib.oeaw.ac.at/static/reader/TIB/tib7.html#mode/2up |access-date=19 December 2023}}</ref>{{rp|179}}

===Climate===
Eğirdir has a [[hot-summer Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Csa'')<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria. |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02549-6/tables/1 |journal=Nature: Scientific Data |language=en}}</ref> with some [[Continental climate|continental]] influence; hot, dry summers, and chilly, wet winters with frequent snow.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kar Örtülü Gün Sayısı |url=https://www.mgm.gov.tr/FILES/resmi-istatistikler/parametreAnalizi/2022-ortalama-kar-ortulu.pdf |website=MGM}}</ref>

{{Weather box
 | width       = auto
 | collapsed   = yes
 | metric first = yes
 | single line = yes
 | location    = Eğirdir (1991–2020)
 | Jan high C = 5.4
 | Feb high C = 7.3
 | Mar high C = 11.6
 | Apr high C = 16.5
 | May high C = 21.7
 | Jun high C = 26.4
 | Jul high C = 29.9
 | Aug high C = 29.9
 | Sep high C = 25.7
 | Oct high C = 19.7
 | Nov high C = 12.8
 | Dec high C = 7.6
 | year high C = 17.9
 | Jan mean C = 1.9
 | Feb mean C = 3.2
 | Mar mean C = 6.6
 | Apr mean C = 10.8
 | May mean C = 15.5
 | Jun mean C = 20.2
 | Jul mean C = 23.6
 | Aug mean C = 23.4
 | Sep mean C = 18.9
 | Oct mean C = 13.6
 | Nov mean C = 7.6
 | Dec mean C = 3.9
 | year mean C = 12.5
 | Jan low C = -1.2
 | Feb low C = -0.3
 | Mar low C = 2.4
 | Apr low C = 5.6
 | May low C = 9.5
 | Jun low C = 13.7
 | Jul low C = 16.8
 | Aug low C = 16.4
 | Sep low C = 12.2
 | Oct low C = 8.0
 | Nov low C = 3.1
 | Dec low C = 0.5
 | year low C = 7.3
 | precipitation colour = green
 | Jan precipitation mm = 140.27
 | Feb precipitation mm = 112.32
 | Mar precipitation mm = 91.36
 | Apr precipitation mm = 74.94
 | May precipitation mm = 58.12
 | Jun precipitation mm = 25.96
 | Jul precipitation mm = 9.26
 | Aug precipitation mm = 10.38
 | Sep precipitation mm = 22.59
 | Oct precipitation mm = 54.19
 | Nov precipitation mm = 74.71
 | Dec precipitation mm = 138.92
 | year precipitation mm = 813.02

 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
 | Jan precipitation days = 9.4
 | Feb precipitation days = 8.8
 | Mar precipitation days = 8.2
 | Apr precipitation days = 7.8
 | May precipitation days = 7.2
 | Jun precipitation days = 4.3
 | Jul precipitation days = 2.0
 | Aug precipitation days = 2.0
 | Sep precipitation days = 3.0
 | Oct precipitation days = 5.5
 | Nov precipitation days = 5.8
 | Dec precipitation days = 9.4
 | year precipitation days = 73.4

 | Jan humidity = 79.1
 | Feb humidity = 75.3
 | Mar humidity = 69.1
 | Apr humidity = 65.8
 | May humidity = 65.1
 | Jun humidity = 58.8
 | Jul humidity = 53.5
 | Aug humidity = 55.5
 | Sep humidity = 60.1
 | Oct humidity = 68.8
 | Nov humidity = 74.1
 | Dec humidity = 79.0
 | year humidity = 67.0
 | source = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="WMONormals">{{cite web
|url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Turkiye/CSV/Egirdir_17882.csv
|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Eğirdir
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = January 14, 2024}}</ref>
}}

==History==
The town and the lake were formerly called ''Eğridir'', a [[Turkish language|Turkish]] pronunciation and possible appropriation of the town's old [[Greek language|Greek]] name Akrotiri. Moreover, the name "Eğridir" means '(It) is bent.'.

The Greek name ''Akroterion'' ({{langx|el|Άκροτήριον}}) is first attested in 1438, although it was probably in use earlier, in Byzantine times.<!-- TIB 7, p. 179 --> The discovery of numerous ancient coins suggests that there was an early settlement here.<!-- TIB 7, p. 179 --> The ancient settlement of [[Prostanna]] was most likely located nearby, on the Eğirdirsivrisi mountain.<!-- TIB 7, p. 179 --> The [[Seljuks]] first conquered it around 1080.<ref name="LP" /> It was probably conquered along with [[Isparta]] in 1204 by [[Kilij Arslan III]] of the Seljuk [[Sultanate of Rum]].<!-- TIB 7, p. 179 --> The later Seljuk sultan [[Kayqubad I]] probably built the town's citadel during his reign in the 1220s-30s.<!-- TIB 7, p. 179 --><ref name="TIB 7"/>{{rp|179}}

In the 1300s, Eğirdir (also known as ''Falakābād'' during this period) became the capital of the [[Hamidids|Hamidoğulları]] beylik.<!-- TIB 7, p. 179 --> [[Ibn Battuta]], who visited the town in 1332 (and called it ''Akrīdūr'' in Arabic),<!-- TIB 7, p. 179 --><ref name="TIB 7"/>{{rp|179}} described it as "a great and populous city with fine bazaars and running streams, mosques, fruit trees and orchards", which was situated beside "a lake of sweet water".<ref>{{cite book|title=The Travels of Ibn Battutah|author=Ibn Battuta|editor-last=Macintosh-Smith|editor-first=Tim|publisher=Pan Macmillan|year=2003|page=104}}</ref> He also referred to merchant shipping on Lake Eğirdir at this point.<!-- TIB 7, p. 179 --><ref name="TIB 7"/>{{rp|179}} The Hamidoğulları principality lasted until 1381.<ref name="LP">{{cite book|title=Turkey|page=315|publisher=Lonely Planet|year=1999}}</ref>

Can Ada was uninhabited in ancient and medieval times, but Yeşil Ada used to have a domed Christian basilica decorated with numerous frescoes which are stylistically dated to the 9th through 13th centuries.<!-- TIB 7, p. 179 --> Another adjacent church, now converted into a mosque, was dated to the 14th century.<!-- TIB 7, p. 179 --><ref name="TIB 7"/>{{rp|179}}
[[File:Anatolian Beyliks, Hamidids. Anonymous. AR Dirham (18.3mm, 1.57 g, 1h). Madinat Felekabad mint. Dated AH 721 (AD 1321-2). VF.jpg|thumb|Coin minted in Felekabad by [[Felek al-Din Dündar]] of [[Hamidids|Hamid]] ({{reign|1300|26}}) in 1321/2.]]

[[Timur]] captured Eğirdir in 1403,<ref name="TIB 7"/>{{rp|179}} and then the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]] took control in 1417. Most of Eğirdir's population consisted of Greek Orthodox people until the population exchanges of the 1920s.<ref name="LP" />

==Features==
[[File:Egridir Gölü.jpg|thumb|left|250px|View of [[Lake Eğirdir]]]]
Eğirdir lies between [[Lake Eğirdir]] and the Mount Sivri, and contains the [[Eğirdir Castle]] said to have been built by [[Croesus]], king of [[Lydia]], although additions were built by the [[ancient Rome|Romans]], [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]], and [[Seljuks]].

The population of Eğirdir was 19,469 in 2010, but swells in the summer months as part-time residents return for the holidays. Eğirdir is a fishing community and local residents fish in Lake Eğirdir year round.

Yeşil Ada (Turkish for "green island") is a small island connected to Eğirdir by a short causeway. Restaurants, hotels, pensions (pansyons or hostels), and a few private residences fill the island. Known for its past as a Greek village, Yeşıl Ada still has quite a few stone homes remaining from the Greek era.

[[File:Eğirdir Castle.jpg|thumb|[[Eğirdir Castle]]]]
Locals claim that Eğirdir is home to the world's only walk-through minaret.

==See also==
*[[List of lakes#Turkey|List of lakes in Turkey]]
*[[Sirmione]] ([[Sirmio]] peninsula) on [[Lake Garda]] in [[Italy]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center">
File:Eğirdir View 005.jpg|Eğirdir View
File:Eğirdir Dündar Bey Medresesi and Hızır Bey Camii 3002.jpg|Eğirdir Dünbar Bey Medresesi and Hızır Bey Camii
File:Eğirdir Dünbar Bey Medresi and Hızır Bey Camii 019.jpg|Eğirdir Dünbar Bey Medresesi, Hızır Bey Camiye
File:Dündar Bey Madrasa.jpg|Dündar Bey Madrasa
File:Eğirdir Dünbar Bey Medresi and Hızır Bey Camii 3009.jpg|Eğirdir Dünbar Bey Medresesi and Hızır Bey Camii years later
File:Eğirdir Hızır Bey Camii 2993.jpg|Eğirdir Hızır Bey Camii interior
File:Eğirdir Museum 031.jpg|Eğirdir Museum
File:Eğirdir, byzantinisch-seldschukische Burg.jpg|Eğirdir, byzantinisch-seldschukische Burg
</gallery>

==External links==
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* [http://www.egirdir.bel.tr/ District municipality's official website] {{in lang|tr|en}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110315091202/http://egirdirturkey.com/ Egirdir, Turkey Information Website] {{in lang|en}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Eğirdir District]]
[[Category:Fishing communities in Turkey]]
[[Category:District municipalities in Turkey]]
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