Photogallery of Gaziantep, Turkey

In the south-east of Turkey, tourists can visit a charming and old city, Gaziantep. Nowadays, this is a large cultural, economic, and industrial city in the country. Moreover, Gaziantep is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Because of this reason, tourists can find many precious landmarks of great historical value here. There are attractions that belong to different epochs. Do you want to spend a vacation that is both exciting and educative? In this case, Gaziantep is the most suitable destination for this purpose. The history of the city started many years ago, yet during the ancient time. According to archaeological excavations, first settlers in this area appeared yet at the beginning of the fourth millennia BC. Two millennia later, the Hellenic tribes founded a new settlement here and called it Antiochia. As the city was not far from the border with Syria, Antiochia became an important strategic object during the Byzantine epoch. Soon, a fortress was built in the city in order to protect the region from invaders. However, this was not enough to repel attacks of barbaric tribes, and so Antiochia got a new owner. Ottomans managed to return the city only in the 16th century. Ottomans gave a new name to the city – Aintap which means “a good spring” in Arabian. The city had this name for many years until it transformed into Antep. The 19th century was the hardest in the history of Gaziantep. In the 30s of the 19th century, the Egyptian … Read further