Old Antep Houses and Streets

Houses in Old Antep (Eski Antep Evleri) have leaned to each other for years and have become a shelter for the people of Antep by keeping the streets always in shade in the summer heat. Antep houses are buildings behind high walls, isolated from the exterior as much as possible, facing the courtyard. These courtyards are called "hayat" in the region, which means “life”, because home life usually takes place here. And when you are a guest of a house, you touch the life in that house too.  There are inlaid stones at the base of the “life”, flower beds at the edges and a pool called “Gane” in the middle.