Osmaniye

Displays of city life in a faux-Seljuk building.

The central mosque was built in 1890. It was badly damaged in the 2023 earthquake and its reconstruction continues.

Ruins of a city founded by the Hittites, and later held by the Persians, Alexander the Great, and Romans. Most remains are Roman, such as the bathhouse, stretch of paved road, colonnaded street and amphitheatre. Bodrumkale is a Cilician Armenian castle perched atop a nearby hill. Much of the area is still under excavation or otherwise closed.

This is the core of a national park, a peninsula in a reservoir lake with extensive Neo-Hittite remains, circa 8th century BC. Karatepe refers to the dark pine-clad hills, and Aslantaş to the lion motifs on the ancient stonework. The main feature is the sturdy fortress walls. Some of the artwork has been gathered indoors but most left where found across the site.