Did You Know?
A Bridge That Carried Traffic for 1,800 Years
The Taşköprü across the Seyhan river was built under the Romans, most likely in the 2nd century AD, and carried vehicle traffic until 2007 — roughly eighteen centuries of continuous service before it was finally turned over to pedestrians.
Adana sits in the Çukurova plain, the most fertile agricultural region in Türkiye, which is why there has been something worth crossing the river for since antiquity.
The clock: Türkiye moved to permanent UTC+3 in 2016, abolishing the seasonal change. Adana lies about six degrees east of Istanbul, so its sunrises arrive roughly 25 minutes earlier on the same clock.