Hocabali Baths

The Hocabali Baths are a historic Ottoman hammam in Burdur District of Burdur Province in southwestern Turkey, in the provincial capital of a lake district whose inland plateau landscapes, İnsuyu Cave, and proximity to the remarkable Sagalassos archaeological site make it one of the most geologically and historically varied regions of the Turkish lake country. Named after Hocabali — a title combining the teacher or prayer leader (hoca) with a personal name — the hammam reflects the Ottoman tradition of naming public buildings after the religious or community figures who endowed or blessed them. The baths served the community of Burdur, a provincial capital whose Ottoman heritage is preserved in its traditional covered bazaar and nearby archaeological landscapes that span from the Neolithic settlement of Hacılar to the extraordinary Pisidian city of Sagalassos.