Location: Gaziantep
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What to do and see in Gaziantep, Gaziantep Province: The Best Museums
Gaziantep (Turkish pronunciation: [ɡaːˈzianˌtep]), previously and still informally called Antep (pronounced [anˈtep]; Armenian: Այնթապ, Kurdish: Dîlok), is a city in the western part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region, some 185 kilometres (115 mi) east of Adana and 97 kilometres (60 mi) north of Aleppo, Syria. The city has two urban districts under its administration, Şahinbey and Şehitkamil. It is the sixth-most populous city in Turkey and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
Restaurants in Gaziantep
1. Zeugma Mosaic Museum
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5.0 based on 2,100 reviews
Reviewed By shireenweston - Antalya, Turkey
Imagine you’re living in a sumptuous Roman villa, in the 2nd century AD, in the city of Zeugma ( close to Gaziantep in South Eastern Turkey ). Imagine the brilliant artists and mosaic makers who would cover the entire floor area of your villa with fabulous mosaics like these. Then, centuries pass, and these villas with all the wealth of their art works get buried. Fast forward to the 20th century when the whole district around Zeugma became a dam creating project to supply water to south eastern Turkey. As the area started to be flooded, archaeologists from all over the world rushed into Turkey to excavate the area as quickly as possible. And fortunately, they were just in time to save these fantastic mosaics for the world. So now, we can all go to the Zeugma Museum in the gorgeous city of Gaziantepe to gaze with wonder on these works. A very moving experience. Do go!
2. Gaziantep Kultur Tarihi Muzesi
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
3. Gaziantep Savas Muzesi
4. Sakli Konak
5. 15 Temmuz Demokrasi Muzesi
6. Gaziantep Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 128 reviews
Reviewed By Marktenjag - Harrogate, United Kingdom
Visited here following recommendations from local colleagues and so pleased I did. I love antiquity and ancient art, ruins etc, and this did not disappoint. It is a huge collection of mosaics and other treasures, mainly from around the 4th Century AD, which have been painstakingly lifted, restored and placed in this large museum.There is a theatre which plays an introductory programme giving a historical account, and this is well worth doing before you start the tour. The 'gypsy girl's' face has been adopted as the symbol of Gaziantep and is available for viewing in a dark windowless room upstairs to preserve it. Overall an incredible place for history buffs, and I could have spent a lot longer there than the 2 hours I had available .
7. Bayazhan Gaziantep City Museum
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4.5 based on 83 reviews
8. Gaziantep Museum of Archaelogy
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4.5 based on 60 reviews
Reviewed By Ashbar85 - Birmingham, United Kingdom
Really enjoyed this. Very cheap only 6 lire and very educational and informative. I learnt a lot about the history of this area.
9. Gaziantep Oyun ve Oyuncak Muzesi
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4.5 based on 284 reviews
10. Gaziantep Ataturk AnI Muzesi
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4.5 based on 72 reviews
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who arrived in Gaziantep on the eve of the Feast of Ramadan on January 26, 1933, was met with great enthusiasm by the hero of the Gazianteps who did not bow to the enemy in the last 10 days and 9 days of the fight against the French. Mustafa Kemal Pasha, resting in the teacher's house drinking the cup. The festivities lasted until sabah. He examined the city, proposed the Mayor of the period Hamdi Kutlar'a suggestions and supports the development of the city. Atatürk was given honorary citizenship by the decision of the Municipal Assembly. Despite being originally Thessaloniki-born, Atatürk was recorded in the Gaziantep ili Bey neighborhood population. It has been celebrated in the festive atmosphere with great joy that Ataturk's visit to Gaziantep for many years. The Metropolitan Municipality of Gaziantep has decided to make an Atatürk Memorial Museum worthy of it to Gaziantep in order to show the devotion and devotion to the Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
