Harabe Şehir

It is very close to the Seljuk cemetery. 10 min. You can also visit and finish.

It gives an idea about how ancient people lived in carved houses. It's a nice place but unfortunately neglected.

An area representing different times that includes cave houses, collapsed stone houses, a cupola and an old stone bridge (Bayindir Bridge) inside the ruined city. The cave houses are quite neglected, full of garbage. Concrete additions have been made inside. It has an appearance reminiscent of Mardin Dara. You can go as far as the visible place with your car.

There are houses and churches carved into caves, people lived here until recently, now they are emptied. Right next to Bayindir bridge.

It is known that people lived actively until 30 years ago. Large and spacious rooms built into the rocks.

Unfortunately, it has been left to its own devices. A multi-storey residential area carved into a large block of rock.

Ruined City (Cave Houses) - Ahlat / Bitlis These caves were used as military ammunition warehouses and cold storages during the period when the castle was prospering. Cave clusters, which are among the natural areas in Ahlat and are important for cave tourism, are generally in the Harabeşehir and Sultan Seyit Streams, Kırklar Valley, Madavans Stream, Gaban Stream Valley and Harabe Hulik Village around Yuvadamı Village. The artificial caves are carved in one and two storeys, and some of them were created in the style of galleries, and the extent to which these galleries extend has not been investigated yet. Some of the caves consist of two or three rooms arranged side by side or back to back. Near the Yuvadamı Village, besides the natural and artificial caves, niches carved into the rocks, altars and rock tombs have important material cultural documents that will shed light on the history of the region. Near this village, there is the largest prehistoric cemetery of the region.