Commagene

The tourism season has officially commenced at the majestic Mount Nemrut, a UNESCO World Heritage Site nestled within southeastern province Adıyaman's Kahta district, hosting its first visitors.

Zeugma Mosaic Museum in the southeastern province of Gaziantep, one of the largest mosaic museums in the world, broke its daily visitor record during the Eid holiday.

Gaziantep Museum Director Özgür Çomak stated that the all-time visitor record across Türkiye was broken on the second day of Eid al-Fitr and said, "We reached a record number with 5,660 people on the second day alone."

The photo archive of German archaeologist Professor Friedrich Karl Dörner's archaeological work in the eastern province of Adıyaman between 1953 and 1970 has been handed over to the Turkish authorities by Germany's Münster University.

The tiny cracks on the large stone statues at Mount Nemrut in the southeastern province of Adıyaman were filled with "nano lime" with syringes last year for their protection and officials announced that it worked.

Not only residential buildings but also historical places have been damaged in Adıyaman that suffered great destruction in the Kahramanmaraş Pazarcık-centered earthquake and resulted in the highest number of human losses in proportion to the population.

A biennial exhibition featuring works of 53 artists from 23 countries has kicked off on Mount Nemrut, towering 2,134 meters (7,000 feet) high in the southeastern province of Adıyaman.

Excavations carried out in the ancient city of Perre in the southeastern province of Adıyaman have unearthed a 1,700-year-old carpet weaving workshop from the Roman era.

The ancient city of Perre was one of the five largest cities of the Commagene Kingdom and preserved its importance in the Roman period.

Mount Nemrut, one of the world's most important historical and cultural heritage sites, offers enchanting scenery under a blanket of snow. (AA Photo)

A structure destroyed in an earthquake estimated to have occurred in the 6th and 7th century A.D. has been unearthed in the ancient city of Perre in the southeastern province of Adıyaman.

Perre was one of the five big cities of the ancient Greco-Iranian kingdom of Commagene.

A quartet of sites in southeastern Turkey are drawing more and more attention from tourists with their countless millennia of rich history.

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The famed ancient site of Göbeklitepe in Şanlıurfa province is one the most popular destinations for both domestic and foreign tourists.