Tepebağ Höyük is an ancient settlement mound in the middle of the city of Adana, in the Tepebağ neighbourhood near Taşköprü on the bank of the Seyhan river. The excavations began in 2013 under the museum directorate, with scientific direction first from Fikret Fatih Gülşen of Çukurova University and later from İrfan Tuğcu of Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, and with support from the Adana metropolitan municipality.
The mound is not an isolated site: the streets around it keep houses 100 to 150 years old, and the whole quarter is registered as an urban conservation area.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Adana as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 9.6 °C in January to 28.8 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May, October and November; rainfall is heaviest in December (125 mm) and lightest in August (9 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
