Southeastern Anatolia Region

Turkey introduced a promotional program on June 27 for the "Mesopotamia" brand, which was created to promote the tourism potential of the southeastern Anatolia region to the world.

Speaking at the event, Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said Turkey has the richest and most unique homeland in the world with its history, culture and geographical structure.

The Zeugma Mosaic Museum, which holds the title of being the world's largest mosaic museum, attracts the attention of domestic and international tourists. (AA Photo)

The ancient site of Göbeklitepe in southeastern Turkey's Şanlıurfa province hopes to host at least 1 million visitors in 2021, according to the head of the excavation team.

Home to 12,000-year-old Göbeklitepe and Balıklıgöl, two of the recognized centers of faith tourism, Turkey's southeastern province of Şanlıurfa is waiting to welcome tourist once again in the coming spring season with steps for the gradual normalization to begin soon.

The Zerzevan Castle, located 13 kilometers from central Çınar in the Demirölçek neighborhood, was used as a military settlement in the Roman era. (AA Photo)

Several artifacts have been unearthed in archaeological excavations carried out in Amida Mound in the historical Sur district, known widely as the heart of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, becoming the latest trove of finds that will shed light on the history of Mesopotamia.

Located in the middle of a tourism route called the "golden triangle" of Upper Mesopotamia, the southeastern province of Diyarbakır's Çınar district attracts attention with its cultural and natural riches.

Thousands of artifacts that have been unearthed in the excavation area in the seven-century-old Harran Ruins, one of the oldest settlements in the world on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, are exhibited in museums after undergoing six stages.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases has been declining in Istanbul and İzmir, two of Turkey's most populous cities, but there has been an increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases in certain provinces in the country's Central Anatolia as well as eastern and southeastern regions, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has said.

The water channels of Zerzevan Castle, a site on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Temporary list, built so intricately 1,800 years ago in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır's Çınar district remains a mystery to this day.

The Zerzevan Castle, located 13 kilometers from central Çınar in the Demirölçek neighborhood, was used as a military settlement in the Roman era.