Seydişehir

Seydişehir lies south of Lake Beyşehir beneath the Taurus Mountains. The town grew around the lodge and mosque of Seyyid Harun, a religious figure who came to the district in the early fourteenth century. The Eşrefoğlu ruler Mehmed Bey governed the region at the time. Seyyid Harun's tomb and religious foundations became a focus of settlement and devotion on the road between the lake country and the mountain passes to the south.