“MY LIFE IN MY CITY”
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS AN
INSPIRATION TO CREATIVITY”
COMENIUS PROJECT
ALAADDİN KEYKUBAT KINDERGARTEN
BEYŞEHİR,TURKEY
WELCOME TO BEYŞEHİR
Beyşehir is the 5th largest city in Konya. It’s 90 km. away from Konya and
250 km from Antalya the tourisitc city. Its population is 41.600. Most of
the people are farmers, fishermen, gunmakers.
Beyşehir has attractive beauties in every season
KINDERGARTEN
We are daisies, tulips, sweets, butterflies, toffee-apples. We
are 121 with seven teachers and five assistants.
We are daisies, tulips, sweets, butterflies, toffee-apples. We
are 121 with seven teachers and five assistants.
NATURAL
BEAUTIES
LAKE BEYŞEHİR
• It is the largest fresh water
lake and the 2nd largest one
of Turkey. It has an area of
650.00 km² and is 45 km long
and 20 km wide.
• There are 16 species of fish
like sea bass, ablet carp.
• It is the most important
location in accordance of
water products.
• Lake Beyşehir became a
natioanl Park in 1993 .
• There are 189 bird species
like ducks, gadwall, pochard,
stork, neophron …
ISLANDS
• There are 32 islands in Beyşehir
National Park including Maiden's
Tower . The most important one
is the Maiden's Tower Island. It is
in the middle of the Lake. It was
used for Kubadabat Palace as
wives’ house and shipyard. It is
the 2nd birds sanctuary of Turkey.
There are still birds living on that
island.
ANAMAS MOUNTAIN
• It is a range of Taurus Mountains .
There is snow both in winter and
summer.
SUNSET
The sunset in Lake Beysehir is known as the best one in the world
for its duration and colour of the sunset
HISTORY
HISTORY OF BEYŞEHİR
• The history of Beyşehir is
dating back to the Stone Age
to 6000 – 7000 B.C. It was the
second capital city of Seljuks.
It was founded by Sultan
Alaaddin Keykubad.
BEYŞEHİR BRIDGE (STONE BRIDGE )
• It was constructed in 1908-1914 .
• It was the first Watering Project
of the Ottoman State.
• It also works as a dam.
• It is one of the first
regulator system of Turkey.
• There is a new bridge beside for
the busy traffic.
EŞREFOĞLU MOSQUE
•
Eşrefoğlu Mosque is
the only wooden
mosque where some
decorative techniques
of stone, brick,
ceramics and painting
were used .
•
Inside of the mosque was
built of walnut tree. It is
like a Turkish wooden
mosque – museum.
•
It is still a mystery how
the wooden portions of
the mosque, built in 1299,
lasted until today without
decay .Eşrefoğlu Mosque,
built in 1299 in the
Beyşehir district of the
central Anatolian province
of Konya, is an
architectural mystery.
Eşrefoğlu Mosque, is considered one of the
masterpieces of the intermediate period of
Anatolian Turkish Beyliks between the
Seljuk andOttoman architecture styles.
EFLATUN PINAR
HITTITE FOUNTAIN / PURPLE SPRING
• Th Eflatun Pınar is a Hittite
monument which was built in the
Hittite period.
• It is 22 km. away from Beyşehir.
• This monument symbolizes the
gods which carry the sky and
have relations between the sky
and the earth.
•
FASILLAR MONUMENT
• The Fasıllar monument is
a large statue of the
Hittite Storm-god in a
mountainous temple
standing above a
mountain god between
two lions. The statue
weights about 70 tons
and made of bazalt stone.
It is 2.75 meters in width
and 8 meters in height
LUKYANOS STATUE (Horse Rock Relief)
• It is carved on a rock wall as a
horse . On the legend it is
stated that it is carved for the
sake of a young boy who died
in his early age.
• It is 17 km. away from
Beyşehir .
KUBAD-ABAD PALACE
• It was built for the sultan and his
court during the reign of the
Seljuk Sultan Kayqubad I (12201236).
• The Great Palace is an
asymmetrical structure
incorporating a courtyard, guest
rooms, harem .
BEDESTEN BAZAAR
• The bazaar was built in 1299 and
reconstructed in the era of
Sultan Süleyman in the 16 th
century.
• It is one of the Turkish masonry
type.
EŞREFOĞLU BATH (Double Turkish Bath)
• It was built in the late 13 th
century. It is also known as
double Turkish bath or the Large
Turkish bath. It is still alive
because of the masonry.
İSMAİL AĞA MADRASAH (Stone
Madrasah)
• This is a kind of moslem
seminary (religious school). It
is known as Stone Madrasah.
It was constructed by Seyfettin
Süleyman Halil. It was called
on account of the name of
İsmail Ağa who reconstructed
it.