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Batman
The city of Batman, Eastern Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), well known for its oil extraction and the ancient city of Hasankeyf on Tigris river One of the southeastern Anatolian cities, Batman is a tiny ...
Mardin
... of Artutid architecture can be seen at Kiziltepe, 21 kilometers south of Mardin, with the 13th century Ulu Mosque with its fine mihrap relief and beautifully decorated portal. At Hasankeyf which is on ...
Artuqid Dynasty
... Iraq in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Two main branches of the dynasty ruled from Hasankeyf (Hısn-ı Keyf, Hısnkeyfa) between 1102-1231 and Mardin between 1106-1186 (and until 1409 ...
Ahlatshahs
... commanders of the Great Seljuk Alp Arslan. Ahlatshah Sökmenli should not be confused with the Artuklu dynasty branch of Sökmenli which ruled in Hasankeyf during approximately the same period. ...
Batman
... is also of interest from an archaeological point of view. Sights include the Imam Abdullah Dervish monastery and the bridges of Camiü‘r Rızk and Hasankeyf. ...
A medieval castle Hasankeyf
Hasankeyf - Artkulu tomb from 12th century by CharlesFred Children leapt into the water from the long bridge linking the opposite banks of the river and swam ashore. One of them remained ...
Hasankeyf, a City Doomed to Disappear..
... built by the Ayyubids in the 13th century and later occupied by many Kurdish chieftains, lies in ruins on the top of the huge limestone cliff rising vertically above the river Tigris. The old city of Hasankeyf, ...
Hasankeyf
Hasankeyf is a city located along the Tigris River in the Batman Province of southeastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is an ancient city, with roots going back 10,000 years. It was declared a natural conservation ...
Where to Visit in Hasankeyf
Hasankeyf Castle According to the historical records, it was built by the Byzantines in the middle of the 4th century. In the following periods, the castle was the most important settlement place of ...
City Of Stone Midyat, Mardin
... Turabdin, with the city of Mardin to the west, Hasankeyf to the north, Cizre to the east and Nusaybin to the south. The word Turabdin means Mountain of the Servants of God, in reference to the monks who ...
A Castle Tour Of Turkey
... ’Hasankeyf’, means Rock Fortress, a maze of secret passages carved out of stone. These passageways, which trace a zigzag down to the banks of the Tigris, are escape routes. A long gorge that ...
The Mints Of Ottoman Empire
... Azerbaycan) G,S Germiyan (Kütahya) S,C Güzelhisar (Aydin) S Haleb (Halab/Aleppo, Syria) G,S,C Harpurt (Harput) S,C Hille (Al Hillah, Iraq) G,S Hisn (Hasankeyf) G,S,C [4 different versions of ...
Anatolian Turkish Beyliks
... durations covering Diyarbakır, Hasankeyf, Mardin, Silvan, Harput) Danishmend (covering Sivas, Malatya, Kayseri, Tokat, Amasya; 1071-1178) Dilmachoglu (covering Bitlis and Erzurum; 1085-1192) ...
Batman
Tags: [batman, eastern, province, city, asia minor, tour tourist, hasankeyf, tigris, dicle, oil] ...
Mardin
Tags: [mardin, stone houses, stone buildings, old stone, asia minor, tour syriac, monastery, monasteries, gap, hasankeyf, midyat, dargecit, kiziltepe, mesopotamia, mesopotamia] ...
