Hasankeyf, Turkey Travel Blogs

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

... of ice cold drinks whilst bathing our feet in the Tigris which is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity. Great stuff. So that was Hasankeyf in a nutshell, we loved it and are very happy that we got to see it but it's also very sad that within 4 years ...

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

... of a brilliant aqua green-blue, and the underside of the wings (and body?) a brilliant yellow orange! Epilogue: Now after my travels of 20 months in Turkey, for as long as it is not underwater Hasankeyf will be one of my most favorite places in Turkey.

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

... of the cliffs, so long as you are wearing comfortable thick soled sandals and a hat to keep the heat off (38oC). Hasankeyf will be flooded in 2 years, and the people will move to higher ground.  Should be great for diving opportunities in about ...

Hasankeyf
May 18, 2007 (22 photos)

... been no government work to preserve the city. This is not surprising considering the instability in Southeast Turkey over the past thirty years. Hasankeyf is a Kurdish city, and in the late 1960s the Kurdish people were still residing in the caves as ...

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 ...

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)

... built. I kind of doubt it will, because of all the opposition to the Ataturk Dam on the Euphrates, but who knows. Hasankeyf is approached on a bridge across the river, beside the graceful ruins of an old Roman bridge. One then goes steeply uphill through ...

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 ...