Batman, Turkey Travel Blogs

She's About To Go Under..
Aug 20, 2006 (15 photos)

Welcome to Hasankeyf everyone ! Hasankeyf I have to say is probably the 2nd biggest surprise in Turkey for us behind the beautiful Ishak Pasa Palace. We had no real plans of coming here but had heard on the 'travelers' grapevine that it was one of the ...

Hasankeyf
Jun 28, 2008 (18 photos)

Hasankeyf.  Another nice little village with an amazing old rock-cut city in ruins high on a cliff above the Tigris River.  The people were friendly and the stop off was well worth it, but it was hot.  Really hot.  The kind of hot ...

Hasankeyf: Finally Some Fun
May 12, 2008 (3 photos)

... might come. At least once across the bridge I would have a chance of hitching with any Turkish tourists or weekenders returning to Batman, so I thought. I was about 30 yards from the far end of the bridge when the first vehicle approached. I stuck out my ...

Hasankeyf, In and Around
May 13, 2008 (5 photos)

... ;(Reflecting later I note that whatever the future of Hasankeyf, the threat has seemingly so far preserved it in a unique circumstance for Turkey. While the locals may suffer for it, no one has wanted to invest in the area. Hence, Hasankeyf has none of the ...

Seljuk, Tigris River, Tombs, Cardaks, Gurdus
Jun 10, 2009 (5 photos)

... a difference) are boundless and the cemetery is interesting and serene.  A very important place in the history of Eastern turkey.  We drive through Kurdish countryside, temp 33 degrees C, you could film a spaghetti western here!  Nearly at ...

Hasankeyf
May 18, 2007 (22 photos)

... their flock away from the road. Hasankeyf: A half hour later I was in Hasankeyf, a small, nondescript village in the Batman province of Turkey. Nondescript, that is, until you look up. I had no idea what to expect from Hasankeyf. I had seen only ...

HasanKeyf
Jul 21, 2007 (2 photos)

Il nous faudra une matinee en stop pour atteindre le village de Hasankeyf pres de Batman. Apres avoir decouvert le prix des transports en commun en Turquie ou la vie est deja tres chere, on a decide de voyager en stop le plus possible et ca marche. Le plus ...

Eating With My Feet in the Water
Aug 25, 2009 (5 photos)

We traveled to Hasankeyf, another ancient town in the region, the day after we hit Mardin. The town is by the Tigris River and it must be a quite important place in the past because it has the remains of a big bridge and a big cave city with castle on top ...

Batman And Robin (Turkey)
Mar 15, 2007

... of thýs entry ýs no joke - I havent gone retro for the Bruce Wayne Dark Knýght comic book hero - I really am ýn a town called Batman. Its ýn SE Anatolýa. It has a population of some 250,000. I wonder ýf its twinned wýth a place called Robin? I only got here ...

sõit pimeduse varjus
Oct 25, 2009

Olen nõuks võtnud jõuda õhtuks Hasankeyfi ja seega sunnitud sõitma läbi tiheneva pimeduse. Kaks suurt ja üks väike auto on selles pimeduses juba omavahel kokku sõitnud. Tee äärde tekkinud suured tumedad kogud lasevad aimata mägesid. Mis tähendab, et ennistine ...

Travelling Eastwards, ever Eastwards...
Oct 16, 2006 (31 photos)

... and on and ON about the fact that he's a "professional guide" (when that means something quite specific here in Turkey, namely someone like Isa who has completed a 4-year University course covering History, Geography, Hospitality, Languages etc etc; they ...

Hasankeyf
May 15, 2007 (3 photos)

... water, to be loved and admired no more!  Such a pity and shame to lose such a gorgeous place... This area of Turkey is quite close to the borders and with such a high population of Kurdish people, there has in recent times been tensýon and fighting ...