Heskîf

حەسکیف

Hasankeyf · A 12,000-year-old town carved into the cliffs of the Dîcle, with thousands of rock dwellings, a ruined medieval bridge and the turquoise tomb of Zeynel Beg. Most of old Heskîf drowned beneath the Ilisu dam reservoir in 2020 — pictured here before the flooding.