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A mansion in Divrigi

Divrigi is a town in northeastern part of Central Anatolia, on the edge of Eastern Anatolia.

[edit] Understand

Divrigi is an ancient town, which was once a Byzantine site. By the 12th and 13th centuries, it was the capital of Western branch of Turkic Mengücek Emirate, and the remains of Great Mosque of 1229 and a citadel remain from the period.

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Nearest airport is located in Sivas, about 180 km or 3 hours away by road.

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• Divrigi Nazar Seyahat, Esenler Otogar no:34 (main bus station of Istanbul), ☎ +90 212 658 22 58 (Istanbul), +90 312 224 10 58 (Ankara), [1]. Company providing direct buses to Divrigi from Istanbul and Ankara.  edit

• Divriği Özlem Tur and Divriği Birlik provide minibuses from Sivas every hour.

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Divrigi has a train station. Daily trains from Istanbul's Haydarpaşa station (Doğu Express, departing 8:35AM and arriving at Divrigi 9:30AM next morning, 32.50 TL/seat, 26 TL/seat for students) and Ankara (Doğu Express, departing from Ankara 6:08PM, 20 TL/seat, 16 TL/seat for students; and Erzurum Express, departing from Ankara 1:30PM and arriving at Divrigi 3:45AM, 22.50 TL/seat, 18 TL/seat for students) are available. Sleeper cars are available at Doğu Express. For more info, see Turkish State Railways webpage [2].

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Portal of Great Mosque

• Great Mosque (Ulu Cami) and adjoining medieval hospital (Darüşşifa) are outstanding examples of Seljuk architecture and are both in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1985 [3]. The Baroque style portal of this magnificent mosque is a real masterpiece of stonework.

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• Divrigi Belediyesi Oteli, ☎ +90 346 418 18 25. Hotel run by the town council. Clean rooms with en-suite bathrooms and balcony. No breakfast served. 20 TL.  edit

[edit] Contact

The telephone code of the town is (+90) 346.

[edit] Get out

It's possible to move on further east to Erzincan, Erzurum, and Kars by daily trains.