By Cinzia Rizzi
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In Türkiye’s southeast, monumental archaeology meets living tradition. From the summit of Mount Nemrut to the banks of the Euphrates, this region reflects shifting power, belief and adaptation.
Mount Nemrut, in Adıyaman Province, rises over 2,100 metres and holds the remains of King Antiochus I’s tomb-sanctuary, built in the 1st century BCE. Its colossal stone statues, aligned to celestial events, mark a rare fusion of Hellenistic and Persian traditions.
South of the mountain, the Euphrates River continues to shape daily life. Since the construction of the Atatürk Dam in the 1980s, fishing and agriculture have expanded, even as villages relocated.
This is a region where archaeology and infrastructure, memory and survival, remain deeply entangled.
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