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Malatya
Metropolitan center in Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey

Malatya

Malatya is a metropolitan municipality and the capital of Malatya Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey.

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It is a major regional center for industry, healthcare, education, and agriculture, and is the global hub for apricot production and export.

Get in

Getting to Malatya

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    Malatya Erhaç Airport

    This has several flights a day from Istanbul IST and SAW (2 hours), and daily from Ankara and Izmir.

  2. 02
    Otobus Terminali was damaged

    It's 6 km west of city centre, with frequent buses and dolmuşes.

See

Worth seeing

New Mosque (Yeni Cami or Hacı Yusuf Taş) was damaged beyond repair in the 2023 earthquake. It's been demolished and a replacement is not yet built. The adjoining main square Soykan Meydanı is likewise cordoned off. Photo Museum is about old cameras rather than photography. It's on İnönü Cd 300 m west of the main shopping centre, open Tu-Su 10:00-18:00.

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    Kernak Mosque was rebuilt in 2020
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    Atatürk House

    The mansion where Kemal Atatürk stayed during his visits to the city.

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    City Museum

    Taşhoron Church is an Armenian church of 1893, restored in 2021 but damaged in the earthquake and not yet re-opened.

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    Aslantepe

    1st Sk, Orduzu (7 km northeast of city),.

Do

Things to do

Hamams - traditional Turkish baths - are found in city centre. Football: Yeni Malatyaspor were relegated in 2025 and again in 2026 so they now play soccer in TFF 3. Lig, the fourth tier. Their Yeni Malatya Stadyumu (capacity 26,000) is 10 km east of the city along D-300 near the university. Malatyaspor the original city team play down in the amateur leagues at Yeşiltepe Stadyumu, northwest edge of the city.

Eat

Where to eat

Apricots are grown in orchards cloaking the surrounding countryside. Like any seasonal product, there's a glut when they're harvested, so in July you can't escape them - they're even grilled as kebabs, it's a surprise they're not made into small automobile parts. But if the harvest fails (as in 2025, blighted by frost) the city slumps and global fruit trade is thrown into disarray.

How locals move

Getting around Malatya the local way

  • Get aroundCity sights are in a compact walkable area, but Malatya sprawls, and you need a bus or dolmuş to reach the bus and railway stations and for outlying sights.

From Wikivoyage: Malatya, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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