In Gaziantep, history doesn't sit behind glass — it lives on in the bazaar, on the citadel walls, in the mosaics. The History & Culture category gathers travel stories and walking routes that read this many-layered city step by step, from museum trails to ancient cities.
These articles turn Gaziantep's heritage into walkable routes: museum itineraries that fit an astonishing number of collections into a single day, journeys tracing the world-famous mosaics of Zeugma, and an ancient cities tour linking sites such as Zeugma, Dülük and Yesemek.
Each guide is built as a route — where to start, what order to follow, where to pause — so the city's story unfolds stop by stop rather than as a checklist.
Gaziantep is one of the richest museum cities in Türkiye, home to the Zeugma Mosaic Museum among many others, and most collections sit within walking distance of the historic center — you can comfortably see several in one day. Before sketching your route, browse the Gaziantep museums page to see what each one focuses on. For stops beyond the city — Zeugma, Duluk, Yesemek — the ancient cities page is the natural starting point.
Gaziantep's culture doesn't belong to a single era: Hittite stonemasons, Roman mosaic workshops, Seljuk caravanserais and the early years of the Republic form one unbroken thread. Read these guides alongside the culture pages covering the city's castles, historic buildings and crafts, and the history section documenting the defense of Antep — and every street you walk will have more to say.