12000-year-old Hasankeyf’s sad story

At the present day Hasankeyf is just a small town in southeastern Turkey on the banks of the Tigris River with a population of about 3000 people. But its age is more than 12000 years and it was an important political and economic center of northern Mesopotamia a long time ago. But now Hasankeyf is at a risk of being put under water after construction of the Ilisu Dam.

To be continued.

The Ilisu dam

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Artefacts from Hasankeyf and it’s surroundings from the Batman Museum

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Address: Belde Mahallesi, 72070 Batman Merkez/Batman

Opening hours: 08:00 AM – 17:00 PM

Ticket price: 5 TL

 

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