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Bozhüyük, Turkey

Bozhüyük is a town of 1,140 people in Siirt, Turkey.

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Population1,140 GeoNames
RegionSiirt
Elevation575 m 1,886 ft
Time zoneEurope/Istanbul
Nearest airportBatman Airport (BAL) 26 km

Why visit Bozhüyük

Townapedia lists 3 museums and landmarks in and around town.

Highlights include Arzen and Theatre of Tigranocerta.

About Bozhüyük

Bozhüyük (Kurdish: Teliba) is a village in the Kurtalan District of Siirt Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds and had a population of 522 in 2021.

From the Wikipedia article Bozhüyük, Kurtalan (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Museums and landmarks3

Arzen

Monument and historic site · 2.6 km

Fortress town in Kurtalan, Siirt Province, Turkey

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Theatre of Tigranocerta

Monument and historic site · 2.5 km

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Bozhöyük

Monument and historic site

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Schools, colleges and libraries1

Bozhüyük İ.Ö.O.

School

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Map of Bozhüyük

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Getting there and nearby towns

Batman Airport (BAL) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 26 km away.

  • Gökdoğan 3 km south, about 3 min by car
  • Gözpınar 4 km east, about 4 min by car
  • Demiryol 24 km west, about 24 min by car
  • Batman 27 km southwest, about 27 min by car
  • Erköklü 27 km southwest, about 27 min by car
  • Hasankeyf 31 km south, about 31 min by car
  • Siirt 47 km east, about 47 min by car
  • Midyat 63 km south, about 1 h by car
  • Bitlis 77 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
  • Muş 84 km north, about 1 h 30 min by car

Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.

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