Monday or Thursday: Cappadocia - Adiyaman - Kahta Early departure from Cappadocia for Adiyaman . After 1.5 hour’s  drive, visit the Seljuk Karatayhan Caravanserai on the famous Silk Road. Then drive through the Taurus Mountains, affording you the opportunity to observe the countryside and everday life of rural Turkey, which is copletely different from that in the coastal resorts. After lunch in the Tekir Forest, tour heads towards Kahramanmaras, which is famous for its ice cream, arriving in Kahta in the late afternoon. We have dinner at the Ataturk Dam and stay overnight in Kahta.

DAY 1

Tuesday or Friday : Mount Nemrut - Sanliurfa - Harran  An early start to watch the sun rise on spectacular Mount Nemrut, the stunning setting for the huge stone heads, all that remains of the statues in the Commagene Temple. In this area you will also visit the capital of the Commagene Kingdom, Arsemia;a tumulus on Karakus Hill and Cendere Bridge, before heading on to Sanliurfa  You arrive at Urfa at noon and have lunch before visiting Harran, the famed city  of Mesapotamia, a mystical and ancient village of ’bee hive’ houses built of mud bricks which is mentioned in Genesis as being a place where Abraham lived. At the same site you will visit the world’s fırst Islamic University. Also visit the birthplace of the prophet Abraham With it’s mosques, Abraham’s birth cave and its beatiful gardens. Dinner at a local restaurant and overnight in Harran (B,L,D).

DAY 3

Wednesday or Saturday: Return to Cappadocia Return to Cappadocia via a different route , watching the rare Hermit Ibis (Kelaynak), which is in immediate danger of extinction on the way in Birecik. (B,L).
 

The ancient city of Zeugma was originally founded as a Greek settlement by Seleucus I Nicator, one of the generals of Alexander the Great, in 300 BC. King Seleucus almost certainly named the city Seleucia after himself; whether this city is, or can be, the city
known as Seleucia on the Euphrates or Seleucia at the Zeugma is disputed. The population in the city at its peak was approximately 80,000.

In 64 BC Zeugma was conquered and ruled by the Roman Empire and with this shift the name of the city was changed into Zeugma, meaning "bridge-passage" or "bridge of boats". During Roman rule, the city became one of the attractions in the region, due to its commercial potential originating from its geo-strategic location because the city was on the Silk Road connecting Antioch to China with a quay or pontoon bridge across the river Euphrates.

In 256, Zeugma experienced an invasion and it was fully destroyed by the Sassanid king, Shapur I. The invasion was so dramatic that Zeugma was not able to recover for a long
time. To make the situation even worse, a violent earthquake buried the city beneath rubble. Indeed, the city never gained the prosperity once achieved during the Roman rule.

In the 4th century, Zeugma and environs became a Late Roman territory. During the 5th and 6th centuries the city was ruled over by the Early Byzantium domination. As a result of the ongoing Arab raids the city was abandoned once again. Later on, in the 10th and 12th centuries a small Abbasid residence settled in Zeugma.