İshakpaşa Palace, which is located 5 km from the town center. The palace is located on one of the hills of the famous "Cudi" mountain range, which makes it completely overlooking the town of Dogu Beyazit and Mount Ararat (the highest mountain in Turkey). To its southwest is the famous "Agri" castle, which dates back to BC. The construction of the palace was initiated during the rule of the Ottoman governor Gulak Abdi Pasha in 1685, but the rugged nature of the area extended the life of its construction to about a hundred years, and the matter was passed on to his grandson Ishaq Pasha, who bore the name of the palace. The palace is characterized by Ottoman architectural styles with touches dating back to the Seljuk era, and contains a mosque, a courtroom, a kitchen, a bakery, barns and bathrooms, and 366 rooms. It is considered the largest of its kind in the country after the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. While I was walking around the town’s streets, I was stopped by writing signs for some shops in Persian, and I learned, after I inquired from a resident, that the reason was due to the existence of a land crossing linking the Turkish and Iranian borders, which makes Doğubayazıt town a center for trade exchange, and the starting point for commercial convoys (trucks) to the rest of the Turkish cities. Note : The entry price is about 17 Turkish lira, and you have to pay it in cash, because payment by bank card is not there, so bring cash in order to enter

One of the few palaces that are still extant from the Ottoman era other than that of Sultans in Istanbul. Builded in the 18th century in near mountain skirts that dominates the large plain, the palace reflects a hybrid architecture that consisting of both European Baroque and Seljuk-Persian influences. A must see attraction in the Eastern Anatolia.

An 18th century palace deep inside Anatolian Plateau and one of the most impressive historical landmark in Eastern part of modern Turkey. A must see, if around!

Ishak Pasha Palace, one of the most beautiful works of Turkish architectural history, is located in Ağrı. İshak Pasha Palace, which took 99 years to build, attracts great attention from local and foreign tourists. “There is a lake at four thousand two hundred meters on the slope of Mount Ararat, they call it the Küp lake. The lake is the size of a threshing floor. It's very deep. A well, not a lake. All around the lake, namely the mouth of the well, the swivel is surrounded by red, sharp, sparkling rocks like a knife blade. Then the blue of the lake begins. This is a completely different blue... Gülbahar lost Ahmed in Cube Lake. Since that day, those who pass by Küp Lake see Gülbahar sitting on the shore of the lake, with her long black hair flowing like light on her back, her head between her two hands, staring into the deep blue water. Every now and then, Ahmet appears in Gulbahar's eyes in the waters of the lake, Gulbahar opens her arms and walks to Ahmed and says, "Ahmet, Ahmet!" he shouts. His voice echoes all over the mountain. The lake boils, Ahmet disappears, Gülbahar disappears, a small white bird comes and dips its wing into the deep blue of the water, and then the black shadow of a horse comes over the water." In his book The Legend of Mount Ararat, Yaşar Kemal describes the epic love between Gülbahar and Ahmed, who could not reunite, in İshak Pasha Palace.

One of the most beautiful historical place in Doğu Beyazıt. Must visit if you have been in Ağrı. I wish they made better restoration of the palace.

Great palace. I definitely recommend going and reading all the history. It is a bit pricey to enter, 100 TL. Overall, an amazing palace with great view.

This palace is magnificent. We went in January and had the place entirely to ourselves. The nature surround the palace alone is breathtaking. The architecture is absolutely amazing and there is fantastic history here. There are nice little signs around the museum to explain what each room is and give you a bit of history. The MuzeKart works here. I'd say you can anticipate to spend about an hour here. Absolutely must see.

An Otoman Palace built by Ishak Pasa at 1784 at the very east part of Turkey. A jewel of the east

Beautiful place with amazing views. The palace is well preserved and is excellent place to learn some history and culture. Definitely worth visiting and spending some time walking around

Really impressive palace in the Silk road route near the border with Iran. It is an Ottoman-period palace whose construction started in 1685. Ishak Pasha became the pasha of Çıldır from 1790 to 1791. According to the inscription on its door, the Harem section of the palace was completed by Ishak (Isaac) Pasha in 1784. We visited in summer and there was a minibus- dolmus connecting the palace with the city

I went early in the morning. Around 11 it got crowded. It's an awesome place. Beautiful and pretty detailed. Quite a few stairs but worth it. Entrance were 70TL.

One of the most stunning place in Türkiye. It is worthy of a diversion if you are somewhere near. DO NOT MISS THE CHANCE TO VISIT THIS PLACE

It is a must to pass by this location. Despite the long road from Trabzon, we decided to make a detour of 1h before reaching our final destination Lake Van. Unfortunately I couldn't find more details about other spots around this palace, especially those walls build/carved behind the mosque. It was mentioned that is opened online at 4.25pm, we found it closed! But this astonishing view lets us still enjoy the moment.