Yeni Han in Gaziantep is an Ottoman caravanserai of the single-courtyard, two-storey kind, thought to have been built between 1757 and 1785. From the names in the earliest title deeds it is thought to have been built between 1757 and 1785. The ground floor held the stores and the stable, and the rooms upstairs were for travellers to sleep in. It is built of cut küfeki stone in black and yellowish courses.
On the entrance floor is the Kaleoglu cave, which served for a time as a quarry and later as a stable for the animals of the han's guests. It has been restored and now serves as one of the resting and cooling places on the Culture Road. The han is on Uzun Çarsi in the Sekeroglu quarter, within walking distance of the centre.
Getting there
- Access
- Within walking distance of the city centre.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Gaziantep as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 3.2 °C in January to 28.1 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in January (103 mm) and lightest in August (5 mm). Long-term means for 1940-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
