The Sumera Visual Archive

Şanlıurfa, Turkey

Dawn over Göbeklitepe

Karahantepe Excavation

The Hands of the Ancestors

Mardin Museum

Cuneiform Fragment

Zeugma Mozaik Müzesi, Gaziantep

The Mosaic Hall of Zeugma

Zeugma Antik Kenti

The Gypsy Girl

Zeugma Excavation

A Roman Floor Awakened

Zeugma Mozaik Müzesi, Gaziantep

Oceanus & Tethys

Dülük (Doliche), Gaziantep

A Sanctuary Older Than the Hittites

Mount Nemrut, 2,134 m

Dawn on the Throne of the Gods

Eastern Terrace, Nemrut

A Face in the Dust

Mount Nemrut, Adıyaman

Tumulus at Dusk

Western Terrace, Nemrut

The Crowned God at Sundown

Zerzevan Castle, Diyarbakır

A Roman Frontier in Basalt

Şanlıurfa Province

Karahantepe at First Light

Karahantepe Excavation

The Hand of the First Sculptor

Karahantepe Dig Site

The Chamber of Pillars

Göbeklitepe, Şanlıurfa

The First Temple, From Above

Potbelly Hill, Harran Plain

A View Across Twelve Millennia

Göbeklitepe, Enclosure D

Inside the Stone Circle

T-Pillar Detail, Göbeklitepe

Fox, Scorpion, Bird

Dara Ancient City, Mardin

The Sunset Necropolis

Aerial View, Dara

Dara from Above

Necropolis Court, Dara

Stone Graves of the Ridge

Rock-Cut Sanctuary, Dara

The Arch and the Silent Court

Panoramic Necropolis, Dara

The Long Wall of Tombs

Sogmatar Sacred Mound, Şanlıurfa

The Sacred Hill of Sin

Rock Reliefs, Sogmatar

Reliefs in Living Rock

Burial Chamber, Sogmatar

The Rock-Cut Chamber

Cult Relief, Sogmatar

The Standing Figure at Sunset

Soğmatar Plateau, Şanlıurfa

The Planet Temple at Twilight

Cappadocia, Turkey

Sunrise Over the Fairy Chimneys

Gaziantep Kalesi

A Citadel Above the Old City

Saffron Monastery, Mardin

The Cloister of Deyrulzafaran

Mardin, Turkey

A City Carved into the Hillside

Tur Abdin, Mardin

The Bells of Mor Gabriel

Diyarbakır City Walls

The Black Basalt Ramparts

Ulu Cami, Diyarbakır

A Mosque Built on a Roman Forum

Tigris Valley, Diyarbakır

The Hevsel Gardens at Last Light

On Gözlü Köprü, 1065 AD

Ten Eyes Across the Tigris

Tigris Valley, Diyarbakır

The Hevsel Gardens & the Black Walls

Sülüklü Han, Diyarbakır

An Ottoman Courtyard, Quietly Restored

Old City, Mardin

Mardin at the Blue Hour

Halfeti, Şanlıurfa

The Drowned Minaret

Halfeti Gardens

The Black Roses of Halfeti

Halfeti, Şanlıurfa

Cliffs of the Euphrates

Sultanahmet, Istanbul

Hagia Sophia at Golden Hour

Topkapı Palace, Istanbul

Inside the Sultan's Courtyard

The Strait, Istanbul

Dawn on the Bosphorus

Plains of Harran

Yüksel İskol — Your Storyteller

Şanlıurfa, Turkey

A Sıra Gecesi in Stone

Bakırcılar Çarşısı, Gaziantep

The Coppersmiths' Bazaar

Ancient Church, Mardin

Candlelight on Faded Frescoes

Old Mardin

The Hand of the Stonemason

Bakırcılar Çarşısı, Mardin

The Coppersmith's Hammer

Mardin Atelier

Telkari, the Silver Lace

Gaziantep Kebap House

The Master's Blade

Restored Han, Cappadocia

A Caravanserai Table

Ürgüp, Cappadocia

Cave Suite Sanctuary

Reji Rönesans Hotel, Şanlıurfa

A Suite Beneath Vaulted Stone

Reji Rönesans Hotel, Şanlıurfa

A Table Above the Old City

Anatolian Stone Cellar

A Tasting Beneath the Vaults

Gaziantep, Turkey

Antep Baklava, Cut by Hand

Historic Mansion, Gaziantep

A Kitchen Older Than the Alphabet

UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy

A Table of Mezze

Tarihî Gaziantep Mutfağı

İçli Köfte, Shaped by Hand

Rooftop, Old Mardin

A Table Above the Mesopotamian Plain

Old City Terrace, Mardin

A Glass Held to the Plain

Hasan Paşa Hanı, Diyarbakır

A Vaulted Pause

Gaziantep Kebap House

Fire & Skewer

Historic Wine Cellar, Mardin

A Candlelit Table Beneath the Vaults

Old City, Gaziantep

A Plate of Antep

Gaziantep Bazaar

Lahmacun & İçli Köfte

Gaziantep, Old Quarter

Beyran at Dawn