Batman Hasankeyf Museum

Hasankeyf Museum:

The Hasankeyf Museum, which was built in accordance with the historical structure and texture of Hasankeyf, is home to the cultural assets extracted from the rescue excavations made in important historical areas (mound) influenced by Ilisu Dam.

History: The first construction of the Hasankeyf Museum Building in the new settlement area was started in 2012, the museum building, the entrance structure 1-2, the stage-open air theater, the back of the stage structure, greenhouse and greenhouse repair building, cultural park area, infrastructure and landscaping construction work on 12.06.2015. It was made by the presidency. At first, it operates as a unit of the Batman Museum Directorate. However, organized in 2017 ‘‘ III. In the provinces of the National Culture Council Action Plan, in the provinces without a museum, in line with the aim of establishing new museums by taking the potential of cultural assets, in the Hasankeyf district of Batman province, Article 281 of the Presidential Decree on the Presidential Organization No. I and Article 296 of the Presidential Decree. Within the scope of I. Stage I, the lower floor exhibition hall was opened to visitors and it was established on 10/05/2019 under the name of ‘‘ Hasankeyf Museum Directorate ’. Hasankeyf Museum, which started the administrative and museum activities on 25.12.2019 by appointment of the founding museum manager by the Ministry authority, is one of the most important museums of our country established with the aim of becoming a regional museum within the scope of Ilisu Dam and HEPP project.

Museum Collection: Geomorphological Material-Titki Fossils, Archaeological, Ethnographic, Coins, Tablet, Seal and Seal Prints, Architectural Elements (Crown Gate, Dome), Stone Works constitute the collection of the museum.

The prominent features of the museum: It was established on a large area of ​​102.668.11m2ik with the aim of becoming a regional museum with the Hasankeyf Museum and the Archeopark area of ​​both Batman and the region. The Hasankeyf Museum, which was established in line with the understanding of contemporary and modern museums, is not only the places where the works belonging to the country administrations are kept and protected, and to increase the knowledge and experiences of the society, to increase the knowledge and experiences of the society and to remove the development of personal tastes, and to remove the computer -supported exhibition, touch and interactive system and the technology.

Within the scope of the exhibition-exchange studies of the Hasankeyf Museum; In addition to the works transferred from the museums of Batman, Diyarbakır and Mardin and Hasankeyf excavations, the works removed from the rescue excavation in Batman, Diyarbakır, Siirt and Mardin and the works that come through purchasing and grants are the collection of the museum. Works extracted from the excavations of Çemi Alo, Gre Amer, Hallan Çemi, Hasankeyf and Kurikive Sumaki Höyük in the exhibition hall;

The works taken out of the excavations taken from the excavations of Körtiktepe, Demirköy, Referee Use, Karavelyan, Grikihaciyan, Salat Tepe, Kenan Tepe, Muslim Tepe, Grkekano, Haziran,

Zeviya Tivilki, Benuva Şengi, Zuraki Zeri and Ilisu Höyük excavations in Mardin Province;

Başur, Gusir, Çattepe Höyük and Konakpınar-Cemil made in Siirt Province are exhibited from the excavations of Çeto rock tombs.

The existing works were exhibited by taking into account the chronology and the two -storey display hall were divided into 14 halls in itself according to the works. In the exhibition according to chronology and species; Starting from the Paleolithic period, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Middle Ages (Umayyad, Abbasid, Hamdani, Marwani, Artuklu, Ayyubi, Akkoyunlu), Ottoman and Republic of Turkey. 

Since Hasankeyf and its environs are one of the important centers of the Eyyubi and Artuklu periods, especially the majority of the movable or immovable cultural assets that need to be protected for these two rotations are remarkable.

Apart from the exhibition halls of the museum, it was aimed to make a historical journey by opening a historical journey of this scientist hall, which lived in this region between 1136-1206, accepted as the greatest genius of the cybernetic field, and has a very important place in the world literature. In this hall, the inventions of El Cezeri are exhibited.