One of the first buildings I saw when we first got off the car. I am always excited to see pre-ottoman mosques, unfortunately it isn't really that. It was initially made of wood and had to be rebuilt much later with actually lasting material, by the Ottomans.
It's not actually inhabited, it's used as a restaurant and an entertainment venue by the local goverment. Has a view of the castle and the city center.
Doesn't look like much from here, honestly.
The dungeon was under the dirt when my father's family lived here, so this is the first time they are seeing it as well. It was a huge pain going back up all these stairs.
It was 36°+ outside when we visited, but the inside was cold, which is not very surprising. It was also unbearably humid.
Belek Gazi supposedly imprisoned Baldwin II here. The Safavid commanders were also imprisoned here by the Ottomans half a millenium later. The ground is rather slippery.
The inside is covered in dirt still. The goverment doesn't have much interest in restoring the many historical sites in the eastern provinces. It runs counter to their interests, so to speak.
I didn't have a headscarf with me, and my uncle and aunt didn't want to go (as we're alevi). So I didn't visit it.
Its restoration was finished in 2018, records seem to show that it used to be standing until the 1910s.
As you can see, it is right next to the Citadel. The road is steep, so we drove for most of it.
It's cute, but would be prettier if it was cleaned.
From what I have seen, it probably got closed after the Covid pandemic. It was open in 2019 but I've seen a post about complaining about the enterance being sealed off by 2024 on Ekşi (I will link it if I come across it again). You can sort of see the grafitti being abruptly cut off by the seal there.
I was looking forward to seeing the 2000+ year old church. It was the only church left in Harput, too. Oh well.
This one looks worse shape.
The first building you see when you come to the town square. This one is a pre-Ottoman mosque. I love the rim lighting of the minaret.
Monument for the Turkish Bey who captured Harput from another Beylik. It was built after the Turkish Republic was founded.
I twisted my ankle for this.
The white building is the Şehit Eyyüp Oğuz Muslim High School (Lycée)
