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The southeast is a region that carries the traces of humanity’s move to settled life. This land, home to the oldest known temple structures, continues with cities of stone streets looking out over the plain. Warm, wide plains, stone architecture and cultures that have crossed here for centuries give the region a texture of its own.
What sets it apart is that history stands not in a museum but inside everyday life; a twelve-thousand-year-old temple and a still-living stone city are parts of the same region. Content for this region is in preparation; the places below form the roadmap for the work ahead.
Places in this region
3 places
Göbekli Tepe
One of humanity's oldest known monumental temple structures; giant T-shaped pillars.
Mardin
Set on a hillside above the Mesopotamian plain, an old city of honey-coloured stone houses and narrow lanes with a layered history.
Mount Nemrut
In Adıyaman, a summit known for the giant stone statues and burial mound of the Commagene king Antiochos I — a UNESCO site.
Coming next
in preparationThese places are not published yet. Work on this region continues next.
- Göbeklitepe
- Mardin
- Halfeti
- Hasankeyf