Guide
Can Ada lies between Eğirdir and Yeşilada and covers seven dönüm.
Before the republic the island was used as a vineyard by a Greek resident of Yeşilada and was then expropriated. During the war of independence and the first years of the republic it served for such needs as a prison and a hospital.
During Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's visit to Eğirdir the island was presented to him by a decision of the municipal council dated 1 February 1933. After his death his heir Makbule Atadan sold it to a private buyer, Raşit Taner, for 1,500 lira.
The island was declared a protected natural site in 1975. At the beginning of the 1980s, during a period when the water level fell, a road was made across by filling, joining the island to Eğirdir and to Yeşilada, so that it became a peninsula. By a decision of the municipal council in December 1980 it was expropriated again, to serve the public's need for a place to rest.
Can Ada today is a first-degree protected natural site, lying within a drinking water catchment, and is used as a park. There is no settlement or built facility on it; people come here for camping with tents and caravans and for picnics.
In recent years modern marble sculptures made for competitions held by the Eğirdir municipality have been placed on Can Ada and on Yeşilada.
