Islahiye Attractions
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Southeastern Anatolia (Maras trench)
Islahiye, a lively and prosperous district town at the foot of the Amanus Mountains is laid out on a completely regular plan. Until a few years ago it was a haven for dealers in contraband (western cigarettes and other goods) smuggled over the nearby Syrian border.
Lying on the Baghdad railway, Islahiye today makes a good base from which to explore the region's few but very interesting historic sites. In the middle of the last century the Maras trench, then a marshy area dotted with large lakes, provided winter pasturage for the nomadic tribes.
Islahiye, a lively and prosperous district town at the foot of the Amanus Mountains is laid out on a completely regular plan. Until a few years ago it was a haven for dealers in contraband (western cigarettes and other goods) smuggled over the nearby Syrian border.
Lying on the Baghdad railway, Islahiye today makes a good base from which to explore the region's few but very interesting historic sites. In the middle of the last century the Maras trench, then a marshy area dotted with large lakes, provided winter pasturage for the nomadic tribes.
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Yesemek
South of the village of Yesemek is the archeological site, which includes a stone quarry and the highlight, a Hittite sculptors' workshop.
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Tilmenhuyuk, Turkey
(Near Islahiye)
The excavation site has revealed an Old Syrian period palace in addition to evidence of an Early Bronze Age settlement.