Akcurun is a quarter of Kilis rather than a single building: a historic street and the lanes around it, with a mosque and the Kilis Museum among them. In the speech of Kilis, curun means a basin or trough.
It is in the centre of the city and is easy to find by following the signs. The provincial directorate counts the area among the most important tourism centres of Kilis.
Getting there
- Access
- In the city centre, easy to find by following the signs.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Kilis as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 5.9 °C in January to 28.2 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (85 mm) and lightest in July (3 mm). Long-term means for 1959-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
