Isparta

Isparta is a city in Turkey and the provincial capital of the Isparta Province. Its population is 150,000 and elevation from from sea level is 1035 m.

The city is famous for its roses and Süleyman Demirel University. The football team of the city Ispartaspor is in the third level league.

Important Persons

• Süleyman Demirel, former prime minister and president of Turkey, was born in the village Islamköy close to Isparta.
• The Islamic thinker Said Nursi spent the last decade of his life in this city.