Sights in Doğubayazit
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İshak Paşa Palace
Located 6km uphill southeast of town, this is the epitome of the Thousand and One Nights castle. Part of its magic derives from its setting – it's perched on a small plateau abutting stark cliffs and overlooking a plain, framed by Mt Ararat.
The palace was begun in 1685 by Çolak Abdi Paşa and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain named İshak (Isaac). The architecture is a superb amalgam of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles.
The palace's elaborate main entrance leads into the first courtyard, which would have been opened to merchants and guests.
Only family and special guests would have been allowed into the second courtyard. Here you can…
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Mt Ararat
A Kilimanjaro-esque snow-capped summit and, incidentally, Turkey's highest mountain, hovers majestically over the horizon.
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