Balatlar Church

If you still wish to see the ruins from outside

The ruin is only possible to see from outside. When I visited I asked people who seemed doing excavation and guarding the place, they simply said "kapalı" means closed in English. For small city like...

Does Not Worth the Effort

Don't be misguided by the word "church": there is nothing left from it other than north and south walls, which can not be reached either because it's under renovation and fenced out. This place does r...

Balatlar Complex

An old Roman Bath, conerted into a church, and than some parts became a graveyard. A very large hatch underneath. Excavation in progress.

An important Byzantine Church

If I remember right this Byzantine church was built in 7th century. It's in very bad condition these days but ongoing archaeological excavations providing lots of valuable information. Sad thing is, a...

Archaeological searches are under way !

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And there are still for a decade but it is an unprecedented experience of seeing ongoing searches, with the updating of mosaics and thousands of pottery debris.