Abstract: SE Anatolia contains large exposed metamorphic rocks and intruded igneous rocks of variouscompositions. The study area described here includes Pütürge and Malatya metamorphites withlarge exposing in the region. Rocks of the Maden complex and local intrusion bodies constitute otherlithologies of the area.Based on petrographic studies, Pütürge metamorphites consist of mica schist/mica gneiss,garnet mica schist/garnet mica gneiss, calc-silicatic schist/ calc-silicatic gneiss, quartzo-feldspathicmica gneiss, quartz schist/quartzite, marble and amphibolite. Typical index minerals such as garnet,staurolite, kyanite, and sillimanite in these rocks characterize Barrovian zones. Mineral assemblagesof these rocks indicate that the Pütürge metamorphites were metamorphosed by the uppergreenschist and amphibolite facies conditions of the regional metamorphism. In this respect,estimates for peak temperature and pressure have been estimated as ~700 °C and 9 kbar,respectively, which implies a depth of at least 25 km. The Malatya metamorphites include mainlymarble and lesser amounts of slates, phyllites and schists. The presence of chloritoid, epidote andtremolite/actinolite minerals in the Malatya metamorphites suggest a temperature of ~500 °C and apressure of approximately 6 kbar, which coincides with a ~15 km depth.Metamorphites with progressive regional metamorphism in the study area were overprintedby products of retrograde metamorphism. The formation of the products of retrograde metamorphism has been closely related with the exhumation process of metamorphites and neo-tectonicevents in the region.