easily detected from outside as they are surrounded with high walls. You can see the houses as places located around large courtyards when you enter through the door that opens to the street or dead-end street. Cuisine The local kebab known as Kilis Tava is renowned, and also the breads, baklava, künefe and stuffed vegetables. Education Kilis 7 Aralık University is located in Kilis and has around 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Places of interest Sights in the town include a number of Ottoman era mosques and stone houses with courtyards and elaborate carved wooden fittings. Mosques Canbolat or Tekke, built in the 16th century. Muallak, built in the 16th century. Hacı Derviş, built in 1551. Şeyhler or Şeyh Süleyman, built in 1655. Hindioğlu, built in 1664. Akcurun, built in the 16th or 17th century. Şeyh, built in 1569. Şeyh Hilal, the minaret was built in 1641. Katrancı or Alacalı, the present structure was rebuilt in 1962. Murtaza, built in 1659 repaired in 1948. Cüneyne, built in 1569. Mausoleums (Türbe) The Mausoleum of Sheikh Mansur The Mausoleum of Sheikh Muhammed Bedevi (Rıttali) The Mausoleum of Sheikh Muhammed Ensari Dervish Lodges (Tekke) Shurahbil bin Hasanah Dervish Lodge and Mausoleum Turkish Baths (Hamam) Old (Eski) Baths Paşa Baths Tuğlu (Daltaban Pasha) Baths Climate Kilis has a hot summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa), with very hot, dry and long summers and cool and rainy winters, with occasional snowfall. References External links Kilis Police Department Jewish communities in Turkey Districts of Kilis Province