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