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Beysehir Lake



Beysehir Lake
Introduction

1. Eflatun Pinari

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BEYŞEHIR LAKE
Eflatun Pınarı


Eflatun Pinari, Beysehir Lake, Turkey


Eflatun Pınarı means "violet spring", and is the location of a Hittite shrine dating back to the 13th century BCE. Its layout is quite different, a large, walled basin dominated by a wall of relief figures in one end. The figures symbolizes winged sun disks carried by semi-human monsters.






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