Though named as a palace, the Ishak Pasha palace is more a kulliye. The palace is the mostfamous building after the Topkapi palace built in the 18th Century, during the Lale period, inthe classical style. The building is located on the slopes of a hill 5 km. From the Dogubeyazittown. Besides displaying one of the finest examples of the Ottoman architecture, the palace isalso known for its diverse history. According to the inscription on the Takkapi gate in theHarem quarter, the palace is built in 1199 Hicri (the Moslem calendar), or 1784 A.D. Thebuilding hovers on firm, stony ground because of its location on a slope. Although the palace islocated within the centre of the Dogu Beyazit region, three sides of the building (the northern,western, and southern sides) are surrounded by steep rocks. The only access to the palace isthrough a slightly flat pass. The main gate, the Cumle gate, of the palace is erected againstthis pass. Since the palace is erected at a time when the castles lost their geographicaladvantage and when firearms began to be used instead of the sword, the palaces easternwing defense is weak. The Cumle gate is made of traditionally carved and sculptured stone.Not many palaces built in the classical Turkish architectural style are left today. The Ishak PasaPalace is one of them.

　　土耳其景点：The Carain Cave

　　The cave is located 27 km. From Antalya at the Katran Mountains. The cave is a naturalformation and was inhabited during the prehistoric ages (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic,chalcolithic). The cave yielded skeletons and objects, like dressed stone tools and weapons,processed flintstones, that shed light on life in the prehistoric ages.

　　土耳其景点：The Relief on Ivriz Hill

　　The relief can be found at the spring of the Ivriz stream, 12 km. From Eregli - Konya. The6.08 metres high relief was a religious sanctuary which dates back to the Late Hittite period inthe 8th Century B.C. and depicts king Warpalavas giving offerings to Santaj, the Hittite god offertility. For more information about the Hittites please refer to the Yazilikaya section of thissite.

　　土耳其景点：Anadoluhisari Fortress

　　Anadoluhisari on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus is the oldest Turkish building in Istanbul. Itwas constructed by the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I Yildirim in 1395, and later enlarged byMehmet II (1451-1481) who built the outer walls. At the centre is a 25 m high square tower offour storeys, surrounded by a 20 m high wall 1.5 m thick in the form of an irregular pentagon.The 2 m thick outer wall measures 80 m from north to south and 65 m from east to west. Aswell as accommodation for the garrison the fortress contained its own mosque.

　　土耳其景点：Van Castle

　　The Urartians constructed dozens of castles in this mountainous region of eastern Turkey,such as Toprakkale, Kalecik, Cavustepe, Edremit, Asagi Anfaz, Yukari Anfaz, Zengibar,Muradiye, Kecikiran, Hosap, Agarti, Delicay and Zernakitepe. The most important of all isundoubtedly Van Castle, which was built in the year 834 BC by King Sardur I of Urartu. Thenorthern side rests against steep slopes and to the south are rocky cliffs. The castle measures1800 m long by 1200 m wide, and within its walls are many royal tombs and inscriptions. Fourwalls surround the castle, two of Urartian construction, and two built nearly two thousandyears later by the Akkoyunlu and Ottomans. In front of the north walls is an open air templecarved into the rock, and within the walls are a mosque, medrese, barracks and cisterns.

　　土耳其景点：Grand Bazaar

　　Throughout the Byzantine period, the grand bazaar was a hectic open air centre for trade.Mehmet II. Continued this tradition but added two covered bedesten (the older version of themodern shopping malls today). The bazaar extended to an even greater scale by Suleyman I. (1520-1566). The last additions of bedesten shops in the bazaar were made in 1701.