Mount Ararat is a place of legend and a symbol of power and divinity. Mountaineers long to ascend to its summit, despite the myth that those who reach it are turned to stone. By night its magnificence grows, its anger is terrible, it breathes as if alive. It gives refuge to lovers, and passion is born here.

LANGUAGE OF STONE
The palace in whose dungeon Ahmet and Sofi were imprisoned, where Gülbahar lay awake in despair, and where Mahmut Han stormed in anger: Ishak Pasa Palace in Dogubeyazit.
Visitors to the palace today find only ruins. The roof has disappeared entirely, and in the course of restoration work begun in 1962, the façade's original character has been lost. Despite this, the elaborate stone carving of the gateways and around the windows tells you immediately that this is a special place, its stone decoration without equal in Turkish Islamic art.