With its historical and
natural beauties, Bafra is one of the most beautiful places in Turkey
MOUNDS
İkiz Tepe Mound (You may find more detailed info under İkiz
Tepe Ruin section).
Şirlek Mound
Hacıbaba Mound
Azay Mound
Tepe Tarla Mound
Kel beş Mound
Tepecik
Tödüğün Mound
Paşaşeyh Mound
Katırdamı-Tepecik
Gâvurun Yeri
Elmacık Mound
Karaşeyh Mound
Aşağı Mound
Ömer Usta Çiftliği
Beylik Köy
TUMULUS
Külcüler Mound
Hacıbaba Mound
Yörükler
Köfteroğlu
Tepe Mevkii
Som Mound
Sorguluk Mound
Özü Büyük
Aşağı Tepe
Tingiller Mound
PLACES WHERE
ARCHEOLOGIC FINDS EXIST
Türbe
Kümbet Dede
Cevizlik
Bakırdere Tepecik
Koca Lop
Zehra
Zehra Taşlık
Aşağı Tepe
Asar Kale
Kapıkaya
MOSQUES AND FOUNTAINS
Camii Kebir (Büyük Mosque)
Müftü Mescidi (small mosque)
Çarşı Mosque
Gazi Paşa Mosque
Taşlı Fountain
Kadı Fountain
Tayyar Paşa Mosque
Tabakhane Mosque
Gazi Osman Paşa Mosque
Alibey Fountain
Mescit Fountain
OTHER PLACES
Asar Kale Watch-Towers
Bafra Lighthouse
Uzun Hamam (Turkish Bath)
Yörükler Hamamı (Turkish Bath)
Mardar Hamamı (Turkish Bath)
Eski Hamam (Turkish Bath)
Kuş Cenneti (Birds’ Paradise )
Akalan Waterfalls
Beaches in Bafra
Bedesten (Covered Bazaar)
Kızılrmak Delta and Birds’ Paradise
Bafra Houses
Emirefendi Mausoleum
Cemetery
HACI BABA MOUND
It is located in 7
km south-west of Bafra, 1 km south of Hıdırellez
Parish of Eldavut Village , over a hill looking the Kızılırmak River Basin
AZAY MOUND
It is located in 12
km south-west of Bafra and close to Azay village. Its
altitude is 14.5 meters .
In the area, stoneware specific to Old Bronze and Hittite times and B.C. 11.000
was found.
TEPE TARLA MOUND
This mound is located in 12 km southwest (air distance) of Bafra and at
the same time in the southwest of Eldavut village. Its altitude is about 10 m . The eastern end of the
mound leans against a platform. It bears the traces of Old Bronze and Hittite
cultures.
TÖDÜĞÜN MOUND
It is located in 15
km southwest of Bafra and also in the southwest part of
Gökçeağaç village. It bears the traces of Old Bronze and Hittite cultures.
TEPECİK
Tepecik mound is located in 16 km southwest of Bafra,
over a naturally-formed hill, within Terzili village. The mound had once been a
forest, 35 years ago. Its altitude is 15 meters . It bears the traces of Old Bronze
age and Hittite culture, especially in its eastern part.
ELMACIK MOUND
It’s located in 15
km southwest of Bafra, in İlamdere Parish of Türk
Village. Its altitude is 29-50
meters and it bears the traces of Old Bronze age and
Hittite period.
KARAŞEYH MOUND
It is located in 3
km northwest of Tepecik Mound and in Karaşeyh Parish of Terzili Village
ÖMER USTA ÇİFTLİĞİ
It is located in 15
km southwest of Bafra, southeast of Usta Çiftliği and
over a naturally-formed hill that crosses Kızılırmak river in an upright
position. It bears some traces of Old Bronze Age, Hittites and Medieval.
PAŞAŞEYH MOUND
It is located in 17.5 km southwest of Bafra, in Paşaşeyh
(Paşaşıh or Paşacık) village. This mound has been rubbed of due to erosion. It
bears the traces of old Bronze Age and Hittite culture.
AŞAĞI MOUND
It is located within Derbent village. It bears the traces of
B.C. 3000 and 2000. There is also a flat settlement area discovered in the
south part of the same village where it is possible to see the traces of Early
Antique Age.
KATIRDAMI - TEPECİK
It is located close to Kamberli village of Bafra
ZAHNA MAHALLESI
It is located within Terzili Village of Bafra. In this area,
some artworks and a necropolis from Early Antique Age were found.
BÖĞÜRTLEN
Böğürtlen is also the name given to a parish in Komşupınar
Village of Bafra. In this settlement, many artworks from Early Antique Age were
found.
CEVİZLİK and KOCA LOP
These are old settlements located within İkizpınar (Ayazma) Village of Bafra
BEYLİK KÖY
Beylik Köy Mound is located within Tepecik Village
KELBEŞ TEPE
It is located in 4
km southeast of Bafra and in the western side of Dededağı Village
TEPECİK
This plain mound is located in 1 km southeast of Kolay
township of Bafra and over a terrace set of Kızılırmak River
KAPIKAYA
It is located 32
km far from Bafra and gets its name from Kapıkaya Village
There is no certain information about how the door shape (5x4
m) seen over the mound was formed. However, Kapıkaya (name given to the shape)
is huge enough for a truck to pass through.
EMİR MİRZA BEY MAUSOLEUM
This mausoleum is located 5 km far from Bafra and gets its name from Türbe Village 783, in
Mohammad Calendar). It was constructed in Seljuk style.
Mausoleum looks like a public family graveyard. It was
constructed 600 years ago upon the directive of EMİR-MİRZA, the lord of Bafra
at the time, who comes from Seljuk family (İsfendiyarogulları). There are 16
tombs in the mausoleum, 7 of which are placed at the right side of the
entrance, 5 of which are placed at the left and 4 in the middle.
HIZIR BEY MAUSOLEUM
It is located in the area called Kümbet Hill which is situated
in the southwest part of Hasırlı (Mardar) village, 2 km to Bafra. This is why it
is also called as Kümbet Dede (Grandfather). Within this mausoleum sleeps Hızır
Bey (lord), son of Candaroğlu İsfendiyar Bey (one of the past lords of Bafra). Unfortunately,
Hızır Bey’s grave had been destructed by some people searching for treasure.
The building was
constructed by using rubble stone compost and it was covered with a dome which
looks very beautiful and which protects its originality. The bottom side of the
building was bonded with few lines of stones. The shape of the entrance door
resembles the typical old gravestones.
There is also a Turkish
Bath (dome-shaped) close to (50
m ) Hızır Bey Mausoleum which was constructed in the same
technical method. Although it is not known by whom this bath was constructed,
by looking into its construction technique and materials used, it can be
understood that it was constructed 300 years ago by copying Hızır Bey mausoleum.
Due to disrepair, the
bath is now covered with grasses everywhere and its roof is split off from the
middle. Inside the bath, there can be seen pipes installed in accordance with
the era and some traces of sinks. They all look very similar to their originals.
In between these two
building and in their surroundings, there are lots of graves whose owners are
not clear due to lack of any writings in related to identities. They are all
visible on the field.
ASAR KALE (CASTLE)
It is located in Asar Village of Bafra. It is estimated that
this castle was constructed after B.C. 1000. It is constructed over a hill, that
crosses the parallel mountains of the Black Sea Region and that is situated in
the left side of Kızılırmak.
Although the castle has slowly become a ruin due to disrepair
and neglect, it still protects many of its characteristics. For example, reservoir
pit which was constructed at the highest point of the castle in old times is
still there. The old prison in the North east of the castle is also recognized.
There are also interesting places in the inner side of the
castle. For example, there is a place which is located within a sculpted stone
and considered to be an indoor bazaar from some of its air holes. On the other
hand, there are also some parts which are considered to be hypogeum and torture
chambers. There is also one stone-cut sculpture which was recently found.
There is one stone-cut staircase found during the road
construction of Altınkaya Dam and it is really worth to see.
There are also watch and war rooms beyond the castle which
were constructed to control Kızılırmak river, the shipping way of the time.
These rooms are 10 meters-high and have 4 natural columns, a balcony and a
stone-cut door (80x80) in the front and a normal size room in the back. They
are all original artworks of the time and are worth to see.
NURİ NİBRAHİM MOSQUE
This mosque was made
constructed by Hazinedar - Zade Nemdas Ahmet Mürsel Pasha in 1877. Later it was
repaired and opened for praying by İbrahim Bey, clerk of Mecelleyi Şur’â.
Today, this mosque is re-constructed on the same place.
TABAKHANE MOSQUE
It was made constructed
just next to the madrasah in 1766. This mosque is found in the same district
where the municipality is also located.
TAŞLI FOUNTAIN
This is a fountain which was constructed at the beginning of
Hacı İzzet Ağa Street
MESCİD FOUNTAIN
This is the fountain which is located in front of the small
mosque situated in between Büyük Mosque and Gazi Paşa Mosque. This fountain was
previously located along the road but then was moved inwards when the old
wooden small mosque was destroyed and re-constructed.
It was constructed by
Haznedar-zade Necabetlü Hamdi Efendi, landed proprietor of Bafra, one of the
heads of Dergâhı Ali Kapucu in 1840.
ALİ BEY FOUNTAIN
It is the oldest fountain in Bafra, located just next to the
garden of district governorship building in Cumhuriyet Meydanı. The head of
columns are adorned with motives and reflect a Gothic effect. It was
constructed in 1751. It has tablets resembling the Tulip Era on both the
Governorship and Cumhuriyet Meydanı sides of the fountain.
BÜYÜK MOSQUE (CAMİ-İ KEBİR)
It is one of the most ancient historical buildings of Bafra.
It is also one of the two mosques mentioned in Evliya Çelebi’s popular
SEYAHATNAME (Travel Book) written 300 years ago. It was initially made
constructed (wooden) by EMİR-MİRZA, the lord of Bafra at the time, who comes
from Seljuk family (İsfendiyarogulları), in order to enable people pray at any
time they want. However, it is written
on the tablets that today’s version of the mosque was made constructed by Ayşe
Hatun in rumi 1670. Ayşe Hatun is the daughter of Köprülü Mehmet Pasha, a
popular politician of the Ottoman Empire
period.
The mosque carries the characteristics of Ottoman
architecture. There are some popular intellectuals of the time (100-150 years
ago) who sleep in the cemetery found just next to the mosque. The mosque gives
the name of the parish where it is located.
TAYYAR PAŞA
MOSQUE
This mosque is located in Cumhuriyet Meydanı, just next to the
governorship building. According to the writings on the entrance door of the
mosque, it was constructed by Tayyar Pasha in 1869. Tayyar Paşa mosque is a
very good example of a characteristic structure from the Ottoman Period time,
which is called inner dome. It also has a minaret balcony that protects its
presence.
ÇARŞI MOSQUE:
It is located on Hacınabi Parish, Tekel Street
KADI FOUNTAIN
It is located on the
cross road of Tekel Street Alaçam Street
ŞİFA HAMAMI (TURKISH BATH)
It was constructed about three hundred years ago. It is also
one of the two baths mentioned in Evliya Çelebi’s popular SEYAHATNAME (Travel
Book). It has a dome at the top; a very typical architecture indeed. From the
aerial viewpoint, holes, constructed to let the sunshine in look like craters
covering the surface of the moon.
Although it is not that big, it was one of the biggest baths
at the time. There is also an ancient grave in it.
It is the first and the least structure constructed in our
town after the Republic was found. Before 1937, crossing Kızılırmak from one
side to the other was possible only with the wooden bridge (650 m long) over the river.
It was a very primitive one indeed, standing on massive catwalks, surrounded by
thin wooden barriers and this was a huge danger for the people passing over it.
Zihni Lokman Bey, the mayor of the time (1934-1938), who were aware of the
danger, entered into constructing a new concrete bridge by forwarding the issue
to the authorities in Ankara
On November, the 4th, in 1937, the bridge was put
into service with a big ceremony. The bridge took its name from the minister,
Ali Çetinkaya. Çetinkaya bridge, one of the most beautiful and perfect bridges
of the time, is 250 m
long and has 7 arches.
BAFRA LIGHT HOUSE
The dictionary definition of light house is: “A tower designed
to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a
fire, and used as an aid to navigation
for pilots
at sea or on inland waterways”.
As Bafra is a town situated along the sea coast and had been
an important center of trade, it was attracted by seafarers for centuries. At
the time of Ottomans, in order to provide navigational aid to people coming to
Bafra for shopping, a wooden light house was constructed within Fener Village 750 meters
far from today’s lighthouse. At that time, subject to international agreements,
the control of all lighthouses located along Turkish coasts was in French
people’s hand. Sea waves were continuously corroding the land and endangering
the existence of the lighthouse in Bafra. A committee
composed of French, a Hungarian and Kancıoğlu Recep (Özkan) from Alemdar Zade
Family was gathered to start the construction of the new light house in its
current place. The construction was started in 1922 and ended in April, 1923.
The light house in Bafra was handed down to Republic of Turkey
Characteristics:
It was constructed on 7 pillars, 50 m inwards from the sea.
Each pillar is 5 m
high with 3.5 meter
is underground and 1.5 is above ground. The altitude of the light house is 36 meters . There exist 99
stairs inside, from the entrance door up to the roof.
Bafra museum
Museum is a historical building that is located on Büyük Camii
Parish, Gazi Paşa Street 2152 square meters .
The museum building was initially used as a house by Yusuf
Zade İsmail Bey. Then it became the city club and had served as the
Agricultural Credit Cooperative from 1966 to 2002. In 2002, it was
inherited to treasury with exchange system and then was given to the Ministry
of Culture and Tourism to be used as museum. It was when the building was
renovated and got the today’s look.
Akalan waterfalls
It is located in Akalan
Village 43 km far from Bafra center.
There are 7 waterfalls which give wonderful views to their visitors. There is
one lake in front of each waterfall. Waterfalls, lakes and all surrounding
natural beauties are parts of the most beautiful natural wonders of the world.
In order to enable people reach these beauties more easily and introduce these
places to tourism, road construction works still continue.
Altınkaya and Derbent
Dam Lakes 60 km . They offer relaxing, pleasure-giving
symmetric views.
Especially, along the coast of Derbent Dam Lake ,
there exist lots of areas to picnic. In Weekdays and mostly at weekends, people
rush into these areas where they can fish and get the most out of the wonderful
combination of green and blue. There are also lots of restaurants where
delicious salmons are cooked.
They’re located along the coasts (in
both sides) of Kızılırmak, in 20
km northwest of the town. These lakes are composed of 33
small and large ones. Some of them are named as follows: Karaboğaz
Lake , Balık
Lake , Liman
Lake , Dut
dibi Lake ,
Uzun Lake ,
Hayırlı Lake ,
İnce Lake ,
Çernek Lake ,
Tombul Lake
Beaches in Bafra: At the coastal area Bafra, there are natural, wide,
sandy beaches.
Bedesten (Covered Bazaar)
It
is located on the left part of the cross road between Tekel Street Yıl Boulevard Ottoman Empire period.
Bafra Houses
Ancient
Bafra houses are also called as Bafra Mansions. They are attracted by people
seeing them with their wonderful architectures.
These facilities, located 1 km far away from the city
center and along the Kızılırmak coast, were opened on 10 June 1972 thanks to
the efforts shown by the Mayor of the time, Ali Kale. They are the cutest and
most beautiful relaxing facilities of the Central and Eastern Black Sea Region.
They’re located over an area of 130.000 square meters
and are composed of 1 hotel, 4 motels, a coffee shop, a restaurant, open-air
wedding saloon, car-parking area, and tennis court and fitness saloon. There is
also a big swimming pool which has separate sections for adults and children.
Facilities are surrounded by colorful flowers.
EMİR EFENDİ MAUSOLEUM
It is located in the city center, situated in
the eastern side. Emir Efendi, who sleeps in this mausoleum, gave his name to
the parish where the mausoleum is located. There are no certain data about this
mausoleum but the person resting here was once considered an important person
who served for Bafra in 1878 and who contributed to the establishment of Bafra
municipality.
This
cemetery was established in the memory of Turkish soldiers who martyrized while
trying to protect our country’s indivisible integrity and unity. It is located
in the area where other graves n the town are placed.
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