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Gaziantep
Metropolitan municipality in Turkey

Gaziantep

Gaziantep, historically Aintab and still informally called Antep, is a major city in south-central Turkey.

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It is the capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Mediterranean Region. It is located approximately 185 km (115 mi) east of Adana and 97 km (60 mi) north of Aleppo, Syria and situated on the Sajur River.

Get in

Getting to Gaziantep

  1. 01
    Gaziantep Oğuzeli Airport
  2. 02
    Gaziantep Şehirlerarası Otobüs Terminali is

    Take a city (tangerine) bus from the stop on Bahattin Nakıpoğlu Cd just outside the terminal.

  3. 03
    Gaziantep Garı

    It's 2.5 km north of city centre, tram T1 runs to within 250 m.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Archaeology Museum

    Prehistoric works, but the Roman mosaics are now in the Zeugma museum, It was damaged in the earthquake and remains closed to visits.

  2. 02
    War Museum

    Panoramic display of the War of Independence.

  3. 03
    Gaziantep Castle

    First built by the Romans, this castle was a major battle ground during World War I and Turkish War of Independence.

  4. 04
    Soap Museum

    Hamam Museum, Mehmet Dai Sk 20 (south side of castle),.

  5. 05
    Atatürk Museum

    Atatürk stayed overnight here in 1933 and the house is now a museum of early Republican times.

  6. 06
    Kurtuluş Mosque

    This was built as the Armenian Apostolic Surp Asdvazdadzin Egeghets or Holy Mother of God Church in 1892.

Do

Things to do

Hammams are traditional Turkish baths. There's a dozen around city centre, such as Tabak Hamami on Halil Cami Sk east side of the castle. Demokrasi Meydanı is the central plaza and park, on Istasyon Cd a block west of the castle. Football: Gaziantep FK play soccer in Süper Lig the top tier. Gaziantep Stadium (capacity 30,000) is north edge of the city.

Eat

Where to eat

Antep kebabı is the spicy local kebab. Wash it down with ayran yoghurt. Lahmacun is minced, marinated, spiced meat with minced vegetables on a thin crunchy dough. Elsewhere it may use onions, but here it's always with garlic. Dolma and sarma are vegetables wrapped in vine leaves. Much of Turkey's pistachio crop is grown locally, so they're known as Antep fıstığı, "the nut of Antep".

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.