“ MY LIFE IN MY CITY” CHILDREN’S RIGHTS AN INSPIRATION TO CREATIVITY ” COMENIUS PROJECT ALAADDİN KEYKUBAT KINDERGARTEN BEYŞEHİR,TURKEY

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 Most of the people are farmers, fishermen, gunmakers. WELCOME TO BEYŞEHİR

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.

NATURAL BEAUTIES

LAKE BEYŞEHİR It is the largest fresh water lake and the 2nd largest one of Turkey. It has an area of 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 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 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 ( ). 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.