Southeastern Anatolia Tour Turkey

Southeastern Anatolia Tour

1st. DAY : HATAY-GAZIANTEP
- St. Pierre chucrh, which is the first church in Christianity world,
- Archealogical and Mosaic Museum, which is the second largest museum in the world,
- Lunch time
- Spending free time in Harbiye with its magnificant nature and plenty of waterfalls
- After finishing Hatay Tour we pass to Gaziantep, where is the trade and industry center and sixth biggest city in Turkey,
- Gaziantep Castle, which is estimated building in the centuries B.C,
- Panaromic city tour,
- Dinner and accomodation at hotel in Gaziantep

2nd. DAY : NEMRUD MOUNTAIN
- Visiting Gaziantep Archaelogical and mosaic museum. Seeing also mosaics from Zeugma antique site remaining under water of the Birecik Dam,
- After Gaziantep tour we are driving to Adiyaman to visit Nemrud Mountain,
- Lunch time
- We are driving toward the peak of Mountain by minibuses,
- Seeing Karakush Tumulus, which is a huge monumental tomb of the family of King Antiochus,who was the king of Commagene Kingdom in ancient times,
- Cendere Bridge, which was built by Roman Emperor Septimus Severus 1800 years ago and still standing,
- Arsemia, where was the capital city of Commagene Kingdom,
- Driving to the peak of Nemrud Mountain to see very huge God Statues, enormous tumulus and watching magnificant sunset,
- Driving back to the hotel in Adiyaman.
- Dinner and accomodation at hotel in Adiyaman

3rd. DAY : SANLIURFA-HARRAN
- Visiting Ataturk Dam, which is the sixth biggest dam in the world and the biggest in Turkey,
- Arriving in Sanliurfa to visit Halil-ul Rahman Lake, where is believed that Prophet Abraham was thrown to the fire,
- Seeing the holy cave, where Prophet Abraham was born,
- Lunch time and free time to do shopping in the old bazaar coming from Ottoman times,
- Seeing the cave, where Prophet Eyup suffered along 7 years,
- Driving to Harran, where is the famous with its conic-domed mud brick houses,
- Seeing Great Mosque ruins and the First Islamic University built by Abbasid Ruler Harun Reshid,
- After seeing Harran city walls and Castle, driving back to Sanliurfa
- Dinner and accomodation at hotel in Sanliurfa

4th. DAY : DIYARBAKIR
- Visiting some Armenian churches in Sanliurfa and driving to Diyarbakir
- Diyarbakir City Wall, which is the second longest wall of the world and estimated that built 3000 years ago,
- Lunch time
- Great Mosque,which was converted from Church in 639 and known as one of the five most sacred construction of Islam. It is also known that similiar to the Great Omayyad Mosque in Damascus,
- Seeing an example stone house of Diyarbakir,
- Hasan Pasha Han,which was built in Century XVI.
- Seeing an interesting minaret with four leg which each one sembolizes a part of Islam,
- Walking in the narrow streets of old Armenian Settlement,
- Visiting Churches from Armenians, Assyrians and Caldanians,
- Old Tigris Bridge with ten archs,
- Dinner and accomodation at hotel in Batman.

5th. DAY : HASANKEYF-MIDYAT-MARDIN
- Panaromic city tour in Batman and driving to Ancient Site Hasankeyf, where is about to remain under water of Ilısu Dam, which is new construction
- Hasankeyf ancient bridge, which was the biggest bridge in the world when built,
- Yol Gecen Han, which is a very big cave on the side of Tigris River and used as an accomodation during communications on the river in the past,
- Climbing up to the Hasankeyf Castle to see a Magnificant View of Hasankeyf and see other ruins on the castle,
- Lunch in Hasankeyf on the side of Tigris River,
- Driving to Midyat, where is famous with its silver work,
- Visiting an example house of Midyat with its magnificant stone work and seeing an Assyrian Church,
- Deyr-ul Umur Monastery which is one the biggest monastery,
- Driving to Mardin
- Dinner and accomodation at hotel in Mardin

6th. DAY : MARDIN-NUSAYBIN
- Kasimiye madrasah ( old Islamic theological school ) built in the century IV,
- Seeing Church of Fourty Martyrs,
- Opputunity of shopping in the Old Great Bazaar and seeing Great Mosque of Mardin,
- Short walking in the famous streets of Mardin known as Abbara,
- Lunch time
- An example house of Mardin famouse with its magnificant stone work,
- Visiting Deyr-ul Zafaran Monastery, which did world PATRIARCHATE center for Assyrians along 639 years,
- Dinner and accomodation at hotel in Mardin.

7th. DAY : NUSAYBIN
- Driving to Nusaybin, where is neighbour to Qamishlo city of Syria,
- Visiting Mor Yaqup Church, which is estimated that is the first university in the world,
- Seeing Zeynelabidin Mosque and rerturning to Syria from Nusaybin Border Gate.

More information

Packed Paradise Turkey 2010