The silk road went through Turkey and The Seljuks, wanting to encourage trade built these caravan hotels for the traders. There are many of them on the route. They provided free accommodation, free food, free water and they took care of the traders camels for up to three days. This was one of the bigger ones. Inside each caravan hotel was mini mosque for praying, a Turkish bath (oh yay!! ), bedrooms and places to store your goods. They were also guarded with soldiers so nobody could steal your stuff. This one is apparently a thousand years old.
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