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Keşlik Monastery
This rock-cut Byzantine complex, 10km south of Mustafapaşa, is a labyrinth of a place with 16 houses where hundreds of monks lived. Inside the dwellings you can see fireplaces, bookshelves and grey nicks left on the rock by metal chisels. The kitchen features a hatch for passing me
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Güray Ceramic Museum
This rather snazzy museum sits in a mammoth series of newly tunnelled out caves underneath the Güray Ceramic showroom. It displays its private collection of ceramic art amassed over the years, with the ancient ceramics hall featuring pieces from as far back as the Chalcolithic era.
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Gök Medrese
Constructed after the fall of the Seljuks and the coming of the Mongols by Pervane Muhinedin Süleyman, a local potentate, the 13th-century Gök Medrese has also served as a hospital and a school.Very few of the buildings gök (sky-blue) tiles are left on the facade, but there are eno
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Büyük Ağa Medresesi
The impressive Büyük Ağa Medresesi (1488) has an octagonal layout, rarely seen in Ottoman medrese architecture. It was built by Sultan Beyazıt IIs chief white eunuch Hüseyin Ağa, also known as Grandagha. It still serves as a seminary for boys who are training to be hafız (theologia
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Pancarlı Kilise
This rarely visited 11th-century church is snuggled amid a particularly photogenic vista of orange-hued rock. The small nave has a dazzling interior of well-preserved frescoes, while the surrounding cliff face is pockmarked with a warren of rooms that once served as living areas fo
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Euromos
Founded in the 6th century BC, Euromos peaked between 200 BC and AD 200, under Hellenistic and then Roman rule. Its indigenous deity cult had earlier been subsumed by that of Zeus, and indeed the partially restored Temple of Zeus is all that survives.The temple is between Çamıçı an
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Gençlik Parkı
The biggest afternoon out for Ankara families is the Gençlik Parki, in the heart of the city. Its a classic Middle Eastern–style park with several pleasant çay bahçesi (tea gardens; single women should go for those with the word aile (family) in their name), lots of water fountains
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Karanlık Kilise
The stunning fresco-filled Karanlık Kilise, is the most famous of the Open-Air Museums churches. It takes its name from the fact that it originally had very few windows. Luckily this lack of light preserved the vivid colour of the frescoes, which show, among other things, Christ as
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Nur Burcu
Fortunately, the most easily accessible stretch of walls is also the most interesting in terms of inscriptions and decoration. Start near the Mardin Kapısı close to the Deliller Han, a stone caravanserai now home to the Otel Büyük Kervansaray. Be sure not to miss Nur Burcu, the Yed
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Sabuncuoğlu History of Medicine Museum
Built as a mental hospital in 1309 by Ilduş Hatun, wife of the İlkhanid Sultan Olcaytu, the Darüşşifa (or Bimarhane) may have been the first place to try to treat pychiatric disorders with music. It was used as a hospital until the 18th century. One of the most important physicians
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Tile Museum
Behind Ulu Cami, the (non-working) İmaret Cami showcases Kütahyas kiln-fired past, with pottery including large jugs and plates by masters like Hacı Hafiz Mehmet Emin Efendi (who worked on İstanbuls Haydarpaşa station), plus İznik tiles and local embroidery. The 14th-century, blue-
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Sea Turtle Research, Rescue & Rehabilitation Centre
At İztuzu Beachs southern end is the headquarters of this turtle rescue centre, established in 2009 largely through the influence of June Haimoff (Kaptan June) whose reconstructed baraka (beach hut) now serves as a small museum to her life and work.The centre, which can be visited
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Amasra Castle
Reached through three massive gateways from Küçük Liman or via steps from Büyük Liman, Amasras citadel occupies the promontory fortified by the Byzantines. The Dereağzı Tunnel under the castle leads to a fresh-water pool.The citadel precincts are now mostly residential, but the imp
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Elaiussa
Some 4km northeast of Kızkalesi at Ayaş, are the extensive remains of ancient Elaiussa-Sebaste, a city dating back to the early Roman period and perhaps even to the Hittite era. Important structures on the left (west) side include a 2300-seat hilltop theatre , the remains of a Byza
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Malikşah Burcu
Fortunately, the most easily accessible stretch of walls is also the most interesting in terms of inscriptions and decoration. Start near the Mardin Kapısı close to the Deliller Han, a stone caravanserai now home to the Otel Büyük Kervansaray. Be sure not to miss Nur Burcu (Tower N
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Russian Monuments
Around town are Russian belle époque mansions and other examples of Baltic architecture. On Ordu Caddesi are the Health Directorate Building (1907), with columns and floral motifs; the yellow-and-white Old Governors Mansion (1883), where the Treaty of Kars was signed in 1921; and t
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Shipyard
The restored Ottoman shipyard stands just beyond the marina. In 1770, Russia destroyed the entire Ottoman fleet at Çeşme; rebuilding it occurred in boatyards like this. It was fortified against pirate attacks in the 18th and 19th centuries. Although the shipyards tower occasionally
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Corycus Castle
At the northern end of Kızkalesi beach, Corycus Castle was either built or rebuilt by the Byzantines, briefly occupied by the Armenian kingdom of Cilicia and once connected to Kızkalesi by a causeway. Walk carefully up the worn stairway to the east, where a ruined tower affords a f
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Soğmatar
About 18km north of Şuayb, the isolated village of Soğmatar is very atmospheric. Sacrifices were made to the sun and moon gods, whose effigies are carved into the side of the ledge. Like Harran, Soğmatar was a centre for the cult worship of Sin, the moon god, from about AD 150 to 2
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Gazi Köşkü
About 1km south of the Mardin Kapısı, the fine Gazi Köşkü is the sort of Diyarbakır house to which wealthier citizens would retire during summer. The house dates from the time of the 15th-century Akkoyunlu Turkoman dynasty and stands in a well-tended park. The caretaker will expect
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