If You're NearbyCitiesUNESCOWalled towns

Diyarbakır

A city of black basalt walls on the Tigris, with the Hevsel Gardens below them and a ten-arched medieval bridge.

Photo: Hedda Gabler · CC BY-SA 4.0
Best Time to Go
Apr–May, Oct–Nov
Our full guide to Diyarbakır is being written. It's on the Eastern Turkey list as If You're Nearby.

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Heritage · UNESCO

Mount Nemrut

Adıyaman
About 82 miles away

Giant stone heads on a mountaintop at sunrise.

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Heritage · UNESCO

Göbekli Tepe

Şanlıurfa
About 86 miles away

The world's oldest known temple, at about 11,000 years old.

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Cities · Old towns

Mardin

About 49 miles away

A honey-stone old town above the Mesopotamian plain.

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Eastern Turkey

Göbeklitepe, Mount Nemrut and Mount Ararat.

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