Batman/Turkey

     When our tour bus came in Batman, I had a look at out of the window and I asked the tour guide "Where can we see Batman?" He said that "Here is Batman. Are you joking me? I asked again: "Isn't there someone with superhero costume here?" He laughed out loud and made fun of me. Then he said that "Batman is not a superhero here, in Evliya Çelebi's Seyahatname, the name of the Batman comes from a nearby stream named Batman. I was disappointed, but anyway I wanted to find out Batman. When I got off the bus, I saw a logo and asked the tour guide about the meaning of it. In the logo there was something that I had never seen before. He told "This is a horsehead petrol pump. It brings crude petroleum up and this petroleum is processed and made ready to use in other machines." I said that "So, all the people in Batman use petrol very cheaply :) But he said that "Yes, petrol flows from the fountains at houses. Come oooon! The price of petrol in Batman is the same with other cities. You must be kidding :) I said "of course I am joking :)

     Then we started our Batman Tour. Firstly, we went to Malabadi Bridge. It was a very ancient and historical bridge. Our tour guide told us about it. In fact is is between Diyarbakır province and Batman. Malabadi takes its name from Bad, who built the bridge, when the girl she loved drowned in the water. Later, the bridge is called 'Malabadi' by combining the Kurdish name 'mal' (house) and Bad.

   Then we went to Hasankeyf and saw 12 thousand years old caves. Oh my God! This city smells of history! Then we saw Zeynel Bey Mausoleum. The tour guide said that a dam was built here and the government carried this 1100 ton Mauseloum on land for 2 kilometers so that it would not be submerged. I was so surprised. Our Batman tour was for 1 day so our tour bus was going to return to  Mersin. Then I decided to stay in Batman and explore its other beauties.