Turkish Stones

Celsus Library” in ancient Ephesus (2nd century AD), commissioned by Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus and serving as both a library and mausoleum, features a monumental Roman façade built with marble from the Afyon-İscehisar (ancient Dokimeion) region—geologically linked to today’s Affumicato stone—highlighting the long-standing heritage of Anatolian stone in classical architecture.

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Zonguldak Caves Visitor Center”, designed by Yalın Architecture under lead architect Ömer Selçuk Baz and located in Zonguldak, Türkiye, near Gökçöl Cave, is a 700 sqm visitor facility completed in 2021 that integrates with the cave landscape through a camouflage-like architectural approach and uses local limestone for walls and roofing, basalt for wet area floors and baseboards, and granite for parking surfaces.

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📸Egemen Karakaya