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Eastern Anatolia's Best…
Scenery
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Kaçkar Mountains
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Jagged peaks rising over 3000m, studded with alpine
lakes and
yaylalar
(mountain pastures).
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Doğubayazıt
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Turkey's highest peak, Mt Ararat (5137m), towers above the
surrounding steppe.
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Lake Van
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A blue sweep across mountainous southeastern Anatolia.
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Nemrut Dağı
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Ruin-dotted Mt Nemrut (2150m) surveys the Anti-Taurus
Range.
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Kars
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Surrounded by expansive steppe and broad horizons.
Romantic Outposts
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Mardin
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Meandering lanes overlooking the hazy southern plains.
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İshak Paşa Palace
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Doğubayazıt's stunning palace gazes at Mt Ararat from
its rocky perch.
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Akdamar Kilisesi
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The 10th-century Armenian church on an island in Lake
Van.
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Ani
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Ruined city on the old Silk Road.
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Sumela Monastery
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Built into a cliff overlooking a misty mountain valley.
Mosques
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Rızvaniye Vakfı Camii & Medresesi
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Its arcaded wall overlooks Şanlıur-
fa's sacred pool, Balıklı Göl.
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Ulu Camii
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Mardin's 12th-century Iraqi Seljuk structure; minaret adorned
with reliefs.
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Menüçer Camii
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First mosque built by Seljuk Turks in Anatolia (1072);
Ani views from atop its octagonal minaret.
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