Hasan Paşa Hanı
A 16th-century Ottoman caravanserai built of black-and-white striped stone. Its courtyard is now filled with traditional breakfast restaurants, making it a must-visit for Diyarbakır's hearty breakfast.
The caravanserai was built by the governor Hasan Pasha between 1572 and 1575. Two-story arcades surround a square courtyard, and the walls alternate black basalt and white limestone in stripes. It is the best-preserved caravanserai in the city. The ground and upper floors house shops selling carpets, silverware, silk scarves, and souvenirs, while the courtyard and upstairs galleries are lined with breakfast tables. A traditional breakfast includes several kinds of cheese, olives, honey cream, scrambled eggs, flatbread, and bottomless glasses of black tea, and costs several hundred lira per person. Seats are scarce on weekend mornings. More breakfast spots and snack shops line the surrounding alleys.
Opening hours
Approx. 07:00–22:00
Nearby sights
- Great Mosque of Diyarbakır
- Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Museum
- Four-Legged Minaret
- Mar Petyun Chaldean Church
- Surp Giragos Armenian Church
- Hazreti Süleyman Mosque
- Dengbêj House
- Fatih Pasha (Kurşunlu) Mosque