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Hasankeyf, a old coloured village clinging to the rocks of a gorge above the Tigris Tiver. A sort of small troglodyte Cappadocia slated to vanish beneath the waters of a dam, part of the GAP (Southeast Anatolia Project) that will flood the region, drawning Hasankeyf and many archeological trasures. El-Rizk Cami mosque (1409 A.D.) with a slender minaret similar to those in Mardin.

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Contained in galleries: Turkey Medieval archeology, The last days of life of Hasankyef, Turkey, from Mediterranean to Tigris river

Hasankeyf, a old coloured village clinging to the rocks of a gorge above the Tigris Tiver. A sort of small troglodyte Cappadocia slated to vanish beneath the waters of a dam, part of the GAP (Southeast Anatolia Project) that will flood the region, drawning Hasankeyf and many archeological trasures. El-Rizk Cami mosque (1409 A.D.) with a slender minaret similar to those in Mardin.