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Fig. 121: Eğri Lake, 110 km from Alanya and 40 km from
Gündoğmuş, is located on the eastern slope of Geyik Mountain at
an altitude of 2100 meters. Photo by Fatih Kısa
moment, the young girl turned into water where she was, and
over time, a huge lake was formed by these waters. The cir-
cumference of the lake becomes crooked because the stance
of the caravan, which was next to the girl at that moment and
was under water, was very crooked. After that day, the name of
the lake became known as Eğirgöl. It is believed that a beam
of light comes out of the lake every Friday at the time that the
caravan disappeared in the lake.

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