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Harput near Elazig in Turkey | Elâzığ to Gölbaşı

Harput near Elazig in Turkey

Bütün Türkiye resimleri için buraya basınız --- veya --- Diğer antik kentler
This gallery is in the Hittite country topic
My page with very many Turkish cities ---OR--- Other antique cities

Elazığ is a fine city by itself, but the experience grows considerably if you take a short busride uphill to Harput, the "old city". It has a fortress of great antiquity, a number of fine mosques (one of them amongst the oldest in the country), a hamam-now-restaurant, and a number of graves of Islam saints. And some great views. The province governor is building a fine office too, it was not quite finished when I visited in September 2006. And then there is one of the best "museums" that recreate a house (of a rather wealthy family) as it was eighty years or so ago that I have ever seen in the country.

Since I often get complaints that some city is "really" Swiss, or Buddhist (to name a few ironic variants on a recurrent theme) here are some of the peoples that reigned here: Urartians, Romans, Byzantines, Hamdanids, Seljuks, Armenians, Persians, Ortokids, Eretnids, Timurids, Akkoyunlu, Safawids, Ottomans. Take your pick.

NOTE: The bold texted pictures open, often large, sub-galleries.
Harput 092007 9534.jpg
Harput 092007 9534.jpg
Harput 092007 9535.jpg
Harput 092007 9535.jpg
Harput 092007 9536.jpg
Harput 092007 9536.jpg
Harput 092007 9531.jpg
Harput 092007 9531.jpg
Harput 092007 9525.jpg
Harput 092007 9525.jpg
Harput 092007 9533.jpg
Harput 092007 9533.jpg
Harput Harput Ağa Yeni Camii 9530.jpg
Harput Harput Ağa Yeni Camii 9530.jpg
Harput 092007 9527.jpg
Harput 092007 9527.jpg
Harput 092007 9526.jpg
Harput 092007 9526.jpg
Harput Murat Baba Türbesi 9532.jpg
Harput Murat Baba Türbesi 9532.jpg
Harput 092007 9537.jpg
Harput 092007 9537.jpg
Harput 092007 9538.jpg
Harput 092007 9538.jpg
Harput 2006 09 1191.jpg
Harput 2006 09 1191.jpg
Harput 2006 09 1195.jpg
Harput 2006 09 1195.jpg
Balakgazi monument
Balakgazi monument
Harput 092007 9541.jpg
Harput 092007 9541.jpg
Harput 092007 9549.jpg
Harput 092007 9549.jpg
Harput 092007 9553.jpg
Harput 092007 9553.jpg
Harput 092007 9554.jpg
Harput 092007 9554.jpg
Alacalı Mosque
Alacalı Mosque
Harput 092007 9548.jpg
Harput 092007 9548.jpg
Harput 092007 9560.jpg
Harput 092007 9560.jpg
Harput Kurşunlu Camii
Harput Kurşunlu Camii
Arap Baba mescidi ve türbesi
Arap Baba mescidi ve türbesi
Harput 2006 09 1012.jpg
Harput 2006 09 1012.jpg
Harput 2006 09 1013.jpg
Harput 2006 09 1013.jpg
Harput 2006 09 1028.jpg
Harput 2006 09 1028.jpg
Harput Nadir Baba Türbesi 1024.jpg
Harput Nadir Baba Türbesi 1024.jpg
Harput 2006 09 1025.jpg
Harput 2006 09 1025.jpg
Harput Evi
Harput Evi
Harput Kale Hamamı
Harput Kale Hamamı
Harput Kalesi
Harput Kalesi
Harput 2006 09 1100.jpg
Harput 2006 09 1100.jpg
Harput 2006 09 1101.jpg
Harput 2006 09 1101.jpg
Harput 2006 09 1102.jpg
Harput 2006 09 1102.jpg
Harput 2006 09 1105.jpg
Harput 2006 09 1105.jpg
Harput Ulu Cami
Harput Ulu Cami
Harput Harputun Fatih 1111.jpg
Harput Harputun Fatih 1111.jpg
Harput Harputun Fatih 1114.jpg
Harput Harputun Fatih 1114.jpg
Şefik Gül Kültür Evi
Şefik Gül Kültür Evi
Harput 2006 09 1173.jpg
Harput 2006 09 1173.jpg
Sara Hatun Cami
Sara Hatun Cami
Hamam next to Sarahatun Mosque
Hamam next to Sarahatun Mosque
Harput Sarahatun Mosque 1182.jpg
Harput Sarahatun Mosque 1182.jpg
Harput 092007 9559.jpg
Harput 092007 9559.jpg
Harput 092007 9553.jpg
Harput 092007 9553.jpg
Harput 092007 9554.jpg
Harput 092007 9554.jpg
Harput 092007 9612.jpg
Harput 092007 9612.jpg
Harput 092007 9613.jpg
Harput 092007 9613.jpg
Harput 092007 9615.jpg
Harput 092007 9615.jpg
Harput 092007 9617.jpg
Harput 092007 9617.jpg
Harput 092007 9618.jpg
Harput 092007 9618.jpg
Harput 092007 9619.jpg
Harput 092007 9619.jpg
Harput 092007 9637.jpg
Harput 092007 9637.jpg
Harput 092007 9638.jpg
Harput 092007 9638.jpg
Harput 092007 9639.jpg
Harput 092007 9639.jpg
Harput 092007 9640.jpg
Harput 092007 9640.jpg
Harput 092007 9641.jpg
Harput 092007 9641.jpg
Harput 092007 9642.jpg
Harput 092007 9642.jpg
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Harput 092007 9643.jpg
Harput 092007 9645.jpg
Harput 092007 9645.jpg
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Harput 092007 9647.jpg
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Harput 092007 9648.jpg