Turkish landscape has many natural beauties. Marmara region that is located in Northern Western part of Turkey is one of the luckiest regions in Turkey. Bursa province has some of them. Sadağı Canyon is located in the border of Orhaneli county of Bursa province.

Sadağı Canyon is the natural beauty. It has been used for hiking and other purposes since Roman Empire era. Roman Emperors left us a great heritage for us. Sadağı Canyon is one of the favourite points for outdoor sports at present.

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Ancient period left us valuable hints that show us a way to realise the age. Some places are very special for this mission. There are mining sites that had been used for centuries in Central Anatolia. Those are dated back to Roman age and they were active till 60 years ago.

Those mining sites are the new sites for cultural tourism. They are so extraordinary that you can feel yourself as if you are at that age.

Those sites are in the border of Konya province of Central Anatolia. They can be considered as a new place to discover.

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The picture below can’t be seen any more because as Ilısu dam is collecting water, this ancient site is under the dam lake. This ancient site is as old as Göbeklitepe and we can come across settlement fields from 10.000 years ago. Also Roman, East Roman, Seljuk Empire and Ottoman Empire eras left traces here. All of the historical eras have a great heritage here. But everything has changed with the construction of Ilısu Dam.

Water is the most valuable substance in the region due to the climate. Agricultural activity needs more water and due to the climate more electricity power is required. That’s why a project named GAP (South Eastern Project) was planned around three decades ago. It is formed by a dam chain. Ilısu dam is one of the dam chains. The most important impact of the dams is to destroy the ancient sites and residental sites of the region. Hasankeyf is one of the victims of those dams.

Turkish Republic Government decided to prepare a new project for new Hasankeyf. Government built new houses and social facilities. Some ancient buildings were removed to new sites in order to be exhibited. According to some datas, there can be some negative effects to Hasankeyf history.

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