Regional places
Neighbouring settlements and connected sites.
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HistoryBeyşehirBeyşehir is a town and district in Konya province on the southeastern shore of Lake Beyşehir.PrehistoryErbaba HöyükErbaba is a Neolithic settlement mound near the eastern shore of Lake Beyşehir, known through archaeological excavation.PrehistorySüberde HöyükSüberde is a prehistoric settlement in the Beyşehir–Suğla basin whose excavations illuminate early village life.AntiquityFasıllar monumentThe Fasıllar monument is a large Hittite-period relief cut from a single stone near Fasıllar village.AntiquityPappa and YunuslarYunuslar in the wider Beyşehir region is associated in scholarship with the ancient settlement of Pappa.Medieval BeyşehirBayındır MosqueBayındır Mosque is a timber-columned rural mosque in the Beyşehir district dated by its inscription to 1365.Medieval BeyşehirSeyyid HârunSeyyid Hârun is a religious figure associated with the medieval foundation traditions of nearby Seydişehir.Modern eraHuğluHuğlu is a mountain settlement in the Beyşehir district known for metalworking and firearms manufacture.Regional placesDerebucakDerebucak is a neighbouring district whose mountain settlements connect the Beyşehir basin with routes toward the Mediterranean.Regional placesSeydişehirSeydişehir is a neighbouring town south of Beyşehir, connected by ancient routes and medieval political history.Landscape and lakeAnamas MountainsThe Anamas Mountains rise southwest of Lake Beyşehir and frame the lake’s historical routes and settlement.Built heritageAdaköy watermillThe historic watermill at Adaköy is a small-scale industrial heritage site in the wider Beyşehir area.Built heritageBada BridgeBada Bridge is a bridge near the Fasıllar route, locally also called the German Bridge.Communities and cultureDialects and place names of the Beyşehir regionSpeech and local place names record differences among communities around the lake, plains and mountains.Communities and cultureFolk-song traditions around BeyşehirWedding songs and individually voiced songs preserve local performance, memory and forms of speech.AntiquityAtlıkaya relief and Lukyanus inscriptionAtlıkaya near Fasıllar preserves a Roman-period horse relief and a Greek memorial inscription for Lukyanus.Landscape and lakeCaves of DerebucakBalatini, Körükini and Suluin are active limestone cave sites around Çamlık in the Derebucak area.Landscape and lakeYeşildağ Stork ValleyLeylekler Vadisi at Yeşildağ is a seasonal stork nesting landscape on the shore of Lake Beyşehir.Modern eraÜzümlü and the Beyşehir firearms industryÜzümlü is one of the settlements in the Beyşehir district connected to the regional shotgun-making and related manufacturing cluster.