Eğirdir

Eğirdir stands beside a great freshwater lake in the western Taurus, where mountains rise close to the shore. A narrow peninsula and islands extend into the water, while a fortress guarded the settlement. Known as Felekabad under the Hamidids, the town became their capital when Dündar Bey moved his seat here from Uluborlu.

Dündar founded a madrasa in 1301–02, leaving an inscription that records his name and titles. The stone school and its portal formed part of a town shaped by the patronage of the Hamidid rulers. The nearby island of Yeşilada also preserved a Christian basilica with painted decoration, a reminder of the varied religious communities of the lake. Ottoman rule later replaced the principality, but its buildings remained beside the water.