Evdir Inn, Antalya-Burdur road It is located on the 18 km distance from Antalya. Between 1215-1219 Anatolian Seljuk Sultan I. Izzeddin Keykavus It was built by and is stated to be the largest inn of the period. The inn was built after Antalya was taken back by the Seljuks in 1216. It is one of the important stops of the Seljuk caravan routes. From Evdir Han then the roads split into two To Korkuteli and northward To Kırkgöz Han It is oriented towards. There are also structures such as Küçük Yenice Han, Büyük Yenice Han and Tahtalı Beli Han near the inn, and it is not known for sure why these inns were built so close to each other. Although the inn is surrounded by modern structures today, it preserves its historical atmosphere. 1

Kurt Erdman visited this inn. 2

SILK Within the scope of the project, a 3D image of Evdir Han was published. 3 You can watch it here: Evdir Han – 3D model by SILK (@silkervansaray) [e1b2592]

Evdir Inn, It is located on the Antalya-Isparta road and was built by I. Izzeddin Keykavus in 1211-1220. 4 The caravanserai, which has no enclosed area, consists of a large square courtyard and two rows of porticoes. Its structure makes it a unique example among Anatolian Seljuk caravanserais. Covering an area of 3800 square meters, the third-largest Seljuk caravanserai is now largely in ruins. 5

  1. turkishhan.org – Evdir Han ↩︎
  2. Kurt, Erdmann: The anatolische Karavansaray des 13. Jahrhunderts, p. 175-179, Han No. 55 ↩︎
  3. SILK ↩︎
  4. Ali Grocer, “Antalya Seljuk Caravanserais,” Turkish Academic Research Review 4, no. 4 (2019): 527 – PDF ↩︎
  5. Esra Yilmaz, Tabriz-Antalya Silk Road Route in the 12th and 13th Centuries (Master's thesis, TC Eskişehir Osmangazi University Social Sciences Institute, 2016), Page 50. ↩︎
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