Topkapı Palace
The sultans’ palace on Sarayburnu: courtyards, the Imperial Council, the treasury and the terraces over the water. Dated entry, sold online on its own site.
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Museums in Diyarbakır
5 museums and archaeological sites in the province of Diyarbakır, with hours and what to see at each.
Diyarbakır
Atatürk House Museum
A century-old building in Diyarbakır's Inner Castle that once housed military headquarters and now honours Atatürk, next to some of the city's best sights.
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Diyarbakır
Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı House Ethnography Museum
The 1733 basalt house where poet Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı was born, a well-preserved example of traditional Diyarbakır architecture.
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Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır Archaeology Museum
Diyarbakır's main archaeological collection, from the Stone Age villages of Çayönü to Ottoman times, with nearly thirty thousand inventoried pieces.
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Diyarbakır
Silvan Atatürk House Museum
The stone mansion in Silvan where Mustafa Kemal stayed in 1916 as commander of the 16th Corps, reopened in 2024 after a fresh redesign.
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Diyarbakır
Ziya Gökalp Museum
The nineteenth-century courtyard house where thinker and poet Ziya Gökalp was born in 1876, a distinctive example of Diyarbakır civil architecture.
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Istanbul tickets online
Four Istanbul landmarks, each sold on its own site by the agency behind this guide — dated entry and free cancellation up to 24 hours.
Basilica Cistern
Justinian’s great underground reservoir: 336 columns in still water and the two Medusa heads. Fast-track entry with a digital audio guide.
Hagia Sophia
Justinian’s cathedral, the sultans’ mosque and a working mosque again today. The ticket admits you to the upper visitor gallery.
Dolmabahçe Palace
A nineteenth-century palace on the water’s edge: the Selamlık, the Ceremonial Hall under its chandelier, the crystal staircase and the Harem.