Highlights Of Eastern Turkey - Turkey Cultural Tour

Breathtaking in the beauty of its surroundings, the ruined church of Akdamar Island in Lake Van represents one of the most sublime examples of Armenian religious architecture. The church is the sole remaining building of the palace of Aght’amar built by the architect Bishop Manuel betwee

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Kars Ani Ruins, a City Of Churches-Eastern Turkey

By the early 9th century the former territories of the Kamsarakans in Arsharunik and Shirak (including Ani) had been incorporated into the territories of the Armenian Bagratuni dynasty. Their leader, Ashot Msaker (Ashot the Meateater) (806–827) was given the title of ishkhan (prince) of Armeni

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Dogubeyazıt Ishakpasha Palace-Eastern Turkey

Ishak Pasha Palace (Turkish: İshak Paşa Sarayı) is a semi-ruined palace and administrative complex located in the Doğubeyazıt district of Ağrı province of eastern Turkey. The Ishak Pasha palace is an Ottoman-period palace whose construction was started in 1685 by Colak Abdi Pasha, the bey of Beyazi

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Erzurum Three Tombes_Eastern Turkey

These 3 Seljuk conical tombs (kumbets) are situated in a fenced off enclosure, although you can't enter the tombs, you can wander around their exterior in Erzurum in Eastern side of Turkey. Sometimes the enclosure is locked, but it is possible to view from the outer fence.they are Seljukian and mong

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Erzurum Yakutiye Moslem theological school and Twin Minaret Madrasah

Just by Cumhuriyet Caddesi in Erzurum, surrounded by a teagarden, is the Yakutiye Medrese from 1310. It was not built by the Seljuks, as many other buildings in Erzurum, but by the mongols. The Mongols borrowed much from the Seljuk architecture though. The entrane is finely decorated with ston

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