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Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.EAST 27964]
'Ishak Pasha Palace in jagged landscape-1.'

	Perched on a small plateau in the wild arid landscape south of Dogubayazit, the Ishak Pasha Palace commands its surroundings. The palace was built in the 17th and 18th century by a Kurdish chieftain who grew rich by controlling the traffic on the trade route between Iran and Trabzon. The route followed the plain visible in the distance lying just south of Mount Ararat, the foot of which fills the horizon on the right of the picture. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.EAST 27965]
'Ishak Pasha Palace in jagged landscape-2.'

	Perched on a small plateau in the wild arid landscape south of Dogubayazit, the Ishak Pasha Palace commands its surroundings. The palace was built in the 17th and 18th century by a Kurdish chieftain who grew rich by controlling the traffic on the trade route between Iran and Trabzon. The route followed the plain visible in the distance lying just south of Mount Ararat, the foot of which fills the horizon on the right of the picture. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.EAST 27967]
'Ishak Pasha Palace in jagged landscape-3.'

	Perched on a small plateau in the wild arid landscape south of Dogubayazit, the Ishak Pasha Palace commands its surroundings. The palace was built in the 17th and 18th century by a Kurdish chieftain who grew rich by controlling the traffic on the trade route between Iran and Trabzon. The route followed the plain visible in the distance lying just south of Mount Ararat, the foot of which fills the horizon on the right of the picture. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.EAST 27968]
'Mosque of the Ishak Pasha Palace.'

	The Ishak Pasha Palace, south of Dogubayazit, was built in the 17th and 18th century by a family of Kurdish chieftains who grew rich by controlling the traffic on the trade route between Iran and Trabzon. Here we see second court and the mosque of the palace. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.EAST 27969]
'Tomb in the Ishak Pasha Palace.'

	The entrance to the tomb in the second court of the Ishak Pasha Palace has the form of a polygonal Seljuk mausoleum. It is richly decorated with a mix of Seljuk carvings and Persian floral reliefs. The palace is located south of Dogubayazit and was built in the 17th and 18th century by a family of Kurdish chieftains who grew rich by controlling the traffic on the trade route between Iran and Trabzon. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.EAST 27970]
'Second court of the Ishak Pasha Palace.'

	The Ishak Pasha Palace, south of Dogubayazit, was built in the 17th and 18th century by a family of Kurdish chieftains who grew rich by controlling the traffic on the trade route between Iran and Trabzon. Here we see the second court of the palace with the entrance to the family tomb on the right. The architecture of the complex is a stunning amalgam of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.EAST 27971]
'Relief in the Ishak Pasha Palace.'

	A Persian style floral relief decorates the wall of the second court in the Ishak Pasha Palace. The palace, south of Dogubayazit, was built in the 17th and 18th century by a family of Kurdish chieftains who grew rich by controlling the traffic on the trade route between Iran and Trabzon. The architecture of the complex is a stunning amalgam of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.EAST 27972]
'Dining room in the Ishak Pasha Palace.'

	The now roofless dining room is the most superbly decorated space in the Ishak Pasha Palace. The palace, south of Dogubayazit, was built in the 17th and 18th century by a family of Kurdish chieftains who grew rich by controlling the traffic on the trade route between Iran and Trabzon. The architecture of the complex is a stunning amalgam of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[TURKEY.EAST 27964]
'Ishak Pasha Palace in jagged landscape-1.'

Perched on a small plateau in the wild arid landscape south of Dogubayazit, the Ishak Pasha Palace commands its surroundings. The palace was built in the 17th and 18th century by a Kurdish chieftain who grew rich by controlling the traffic on the trade route between Iran and Trabzon. The route followed the plain visible in the distance lying just south of Mount Ararat, the foot of which fills the horizon on the right of the picture. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [TURKEY.EAST 27964]
'Ishak Pasha Palace in jagged landscape-1.'

	Perched on a small plateau in the wild arid landscape south of Dogubayazit, the Ishak Pasha Palace commands its surroundings. The palace was built in the 17th and 18th century by a Kurdish chieftain who grew rich by controlling the traffic on the trade route between Iran and Trabzon. The route followed the plain visible in the distance lying just south of Mount Ararat, the foot of which fills the horizon on the right of the picture. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[TURKEY.EAST 27964]
'Ishak Pasha Palace in jagged landscape-1.'

Perched on a small plateau in the wild arid landscape south of Dogubayazit, the Ishak Pasha Palace commands its surroundings. The palace was built in the 17th and 18th century by a Kurdish chieftain who grew rich by controlling the traffic on the trade route between Iran and Trabzon. The route followed the plain visible in the distance lying just south of Mount Ararat, the foot of which fills the horizon on the right of the picture. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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