1,800 years on, water diverts in Turkey's southeast remain riddle

The water channels of Zerzevan Castle, a site on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Temporary rundown, fabricated so complicatedly 1,800 years prior in the southeastern area of Diyarbakır's Çınar region stays a riddle right up 'til today.

The Zerzevan Castle, found 13 kilometers from focal Çınar in the Demirölçek neighborhood, was utilized as a military settlement in the Roman period.

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Based on a territory of six hectares, the Zerzevan Castle lights up the historical backdrop of northern Mesopotamia with its 15-meter-high and 1,200-meter-long dividers, 21-meter-high watchtower and church, water channels and 54 storages.

A huge number of huge amounts of water have been aggregated throughout the years in the reservoirs through the water channels, which are about 8.5 kilometers long.

The Roman Empire utilized all the innovation around then in the water channels that have made due without losing their capacities, said Aytaç Coşkun, a scholastic from Dicle University and leader of the Zerzevan Castle removal board.

"The reservoir takes four tons of water, however has a profundity of around 21 meters. Somewhere in the range of 80 percent of the reservoir is under the ground, and after certain works, all will be uncovered," Coşkun noted.

Expressing that the closest water source is found 8.5 kilometers away, the scholastic said how the water was brought to the manor is a puzzle.

"What we cannot deny is that multi-millimeter slants were utilized. The channel has a profundity of 1.5 meters in certain spots and the water originating from the source was brought into the mansion through these sections," he noted.

"What sort of an innovation and what sort of framework was utilized, that is a puzzle," he included.

The military settlement is situated on a 124-meter-high rough slope on an antiquated course in the key point between Amida, present day Diyarbakır, and Dara, close to present day Mardin.

Because of its area, the Zerzevan Castle overwhelmed the entire valley, and in this way was a key Roman army and a scene of incredible military showdowns between the Romans and the Sassanians.