Adana, Tepebağ - July 2020

    Tepebağ is a historical neighbourhood in the old town of Adana. It sits on a hill situated on the western bank of the Seyhan River which was navigable until 1950s when the Seyhan Dam was built for irrigation, electricity and flood prevention. Tepebağ is the place where the first Adana settlement was established in the Late Bronze Age, around 1500 BC. Unfortunately, the archaeological excavations on site, conducted by Çukurova University first and later by Bern University, were relatively short and small-scaled. Nevertheless, the scholars unearthed some interesting artefacts that are now displayed at Adana Museum. The current character of Tepebağ is rooted in the Ottoman period and the local history of Turks, Arabs and Armenians.

Tepebağ indeed *

Landform (Google Earth) *

Same wall on 19 May 2022 *

Restored building to which wall belongs;
just a few meters from excavations (A)
19 May 2022 *

Abandoned excavations (A) *

Traditional house of Adana;
looking from east *

Şeyhoğlu Mosque (B) *

Musa Ballı Mansion, c. 700 y.o. (C) *

Green Mosque (D) *

Entrance (D) *

Information (D) *

Ooops! (D)*

Door turned into a window (flood) (D) *

Then Armenian Apostolic, now Catholic (E) *

Commonly known as Baby Church (E) *

Church's interior (E) *