Shouteastern Anatolia Region

Valleys and Plateaus occupy large areas in the south of southeast Taurus mountains. Central part is very mountainous and eastern part is generally flat. Long summers are very hot and dry, with high evaporation, winters are cold and rainy. Although mountainous areas are affected by Continental climate, western part shows typical characteristics of Mediterranean climate.

Nemrut Mountain with its two thousand years old statues welcoming you as one of the most beautiful sunset/sunrise point in this land. Sanlıurfa is known as the city of prophets and it has remarkable sightseeings such Harran University, Pool of Abraham. Turkey known in Jewish and Islamic legends as the place where Nimrod threw the Prophet Abraham into a fire. Balıklıgöl and neighbouring Aynzeliha pools are among the most visited places in Şanlıurfa. Gaziantep is an other famous city in this region with Zeugma Mosaic Museum which is the second biggest mosaic museum in the world. Also Zeugma Ancient city was of great importance to the Roman Empire as it was located at a strategically important place. Up to 70,000 people lived in the city.

There is a temple from the Neolithic Age in Göbeklitepe Mound. It is described by archaeologists as the oldest temple in the world. It was built 6,000 years earlier than the Stonehenge obelisks of the United Kingdom. By rearranging the theories of religion and civilization in human history, he points out that first religion and temple and then civilization emerged.