Gaziantep — Zeugma Mosaic Museum & Baklava Quarter (Gaziantep)
See the Gypsy Girl mosaic at Zeugma Museum, browse the Coppersmith Bazaar, and taste pistachio baklava at İmam Çağdaş.
Halfeti Sunken Village Boat Ride & Arrive in Şanlıurfa (Gaziantep → Şanlıurfa)
Cruise the Euphrates canyon at Halfeti and visit sacred Balıklıgöl in Şanlıurfa.
Göbeklitepe (10,000 BCE), Karahantepe & Harran (Şanlıurfa)
Stand before humanity's oldest megalithic enclosures at Göbeklitepe and Karahantepe, plus Şanlıurfa Archaeology Museum.
Mount Nemrut Sunset/Sunrise Colossal Statues (Adıyaman (Kahta))
Ascend 2,134 m Mount Nemrut to see King Antiochus I's giant stone heads overlooking the Taurus peaks.
Diyarbakır Basalt Walls & Arrive in Old Mardin (Diyarbakır → Mardin)
Walk Diyarbakır's UNESCO black basalt walls and Ten-Eyed Bridge before climbing up to honey-gold Old Mardin.
Old Mardin, Kasimiye Medrese, Dara Ruins & Deyrulzafaran (Mardin)
Explore 15th-century Kasimiye Medrese overlooking the Syrian plain, ancient Roman cisterns at Dara, and Saffron Monastery.
Midyat Syriac Stone Quarter, Mor Gabriel & Departure (Midyat → Mardin (MQM))
Visit Mor Gabriel Monastery (397 CE) and Midyat filigree silver workshops before flying back from MQM Airport.
Accès & Transports
Fly into Gaziantep (GZT), Return from Mardin (MQM) or Diyarbakır (DIY). Book TCDD YHT high-speed trains 15–30 days ahead on e-Bilet and domestic flights on Turkish Airlines, Pegasus, AJet, or SunExpress.