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Overlooked Hittite city in Anatolia

 

The Hittite city of Sarissa is holding on to serve the travel industry. Situated in the focal Anatolian area of Sivas' Altınyayla region, the city goes back to 3,500-years.

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The old city, uncovered by Professor Andreas Müller Karpe of Germany's Marburg University, is one of Turkey's social and authentic fortunes that should be investigated.

Known as where the main composed understanding was marked between the Hittites and the Egyptians, it was one of the greatest Hittite urban areas in Anatolia. Students of history guarantee that the Hittite individuals summered in Sarissa for love.

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Altınyayla Mayor Sinan Akbulut said the antiquated city in Akkuzulu field in the Altınyayla locale ought to be a social and chronicled the travel industry fascination.

"As the district, we will do our best for this spot to be advanced. In any case, we don't have enough spending plan for it and need the help of the Culture and Tourism Ministry," Akbulut said.

He imagines making Sarissa into an outside exhibition hall.


"Hittites are one of the four greatest civic establishments on the planet, and Sarissa is a spot than can serve confidence the travel industry," the city hall leader said.

Archeological unearthings in Sarissa have so far uncovered a major sanctuary, heaps of tablets, the main composed contract, an earthenware twin bull statue (Rhyton) and numerous others.

The composed contract prepared on tablets in 1285 B.C. was the content of the Kadesh Peace Agreement between the Egyptians and the Hittites.

As indicated by the Sivas Provincial Culture and Tourism Directorate, the Hittite tablets uncover that lords stayed in this antiquated city, and religious occasions were commended.

The 76-meter-long sanctuary building, which the exhuming group calls Building C, is accepted to have been worked in 1525 B.C. The structure is known as the "greatest one in the Hittite urban communities."

The statue of the twin bull, which is among the creatures of the legendary lord of the tempest, was found in the sanctuary.

Among the tablets, three are celebration writings and 12 are religious faction archives. A considerable lot of the ancient rarities revealed amid unearthings are in plain view at the Sivas Archeology Museum.

Historical mansions foothills of the mountains and the town's famous scalloped

 

Scratching the town was once the main caravan route connecting Istanbul to Anatolia above. Boxwood combs, spoons sold in the Middle East. 


Bolu highway was abandoned to its fate is received. Now, nearly 100 historic mansion, Quiet City titriyle revived.
Kapıorman Mountains, arrived late in the autumn of this year. Moreover, with regards to the past, plenty of rain. The foot of the mountains, the string side by side with peasants carts full of mushrooms Taraklı'nın not kanlıca bazaar this year. 10 TL per kilo sells mushrooms büfeci verge of blackout "for the fungus has not raining, I hope that it is going after," he says. Rain decreases, increasing the number of visitors coming to town.
Arasta shops selling local products and ... There's stores that ... Women to prepare at home kavanozladığı foam Helvas, Uhud, desserts, molasses, asparagus, marmalades, notched woven ...
Scratching Once upon a time, date caravan route was between stops. Silk Road traders, pilgrims pilgrims konaklardı Cited inn. Expedition to Egypt in 1516 Mamluks angry accommodated here, even if the Yavuz Sultan Selim, misafirperveklikten impressed. Yunuspaşa Mosque built.
Evliya Çelebi, 130 years after this expedition met Taraklı'ya undergoes a prosperous kasabayla. "Connected, garden, akarsulu, Camili 11 in a creek, 500-digit quaint town," he wrote. The town's 6th district inn, 6, 6 school, there were 200 shops. Mountains full of boxwood. Combs and spoons carved by masters in the "Arab and Acem'e" shipped. Therefore, the name of the town Taraklı'ydı.

 Ahi Taraklı'da strong tradition. Yunuspaşa Mosque prayer in the morning trades after reading collectively Shops open. There is also the so-called masters in the art of Akhism mahirdi yalaza. It is humorous, sad, or self listening to stories that anlatırlardı passes, would bring life lessons. hürriyet

Laodicea is the second largest ancient city in Anatolia, Phrygians established by a significant

 

Excavation Laodicea Chairman of the Board Prof. Dr. Celal Simsek, after the ancient city of Ephesus ancient city in Anatolia, which is the second largest Laodikya largest and most important, was founded by the Phrygians of Anatolia has been identified said the regional tribes.

Simsek told reporters, the ancient city of Laodicea excavations so far, contrary to popular belief stated that determine whether a city was founded by Greek civilization.

 Is the name of the organization and the name of the city'' before'' Rhoas Diospolis'' after'' 3 BC middle of the century the Seleucid King II. By Antiochus and his wife, Laodice has changed by giving the'' known as'' Laodicea about the Lightning,'' Last of the largest and most important findings and the second largest ancient city in Anatolia Laodikya Anatolia, founded by local tribes found that the Phrygians 've. Located within the boundaries of the region of Phrygia which in ancient times as the Phrygians and their density became clear that the city,'' he said.

 Lightning, the western cemetery of the ancient city, the ongoing excavations of the Early Copper Age ceramics dating back to the Early Bronze Age pithos graves uncovered, Asopos Hill 3 thousand 500 years before Christ from the excavations of the settlement mound saving has been identified, all of these findings, the Phrygian city shows that a typical Anatolian city of civilization, he said.
Archaeological park to be established

 The ancient city of Laodicea excavations and restoration work goes on throughout the year beginning in 2008 and known for thousands of years in many excavations uncovered the data are removed and that the work Simsek, the projects to be exhibited symptoms that were uncovered in the city, he said.

 Prof. Dr. Lightning In this context, a combination of excavation and restoration work is being carried out in the city, who announced that they aim to build'' a'' archaeological park. cumhuriyet

In 1249 BC, built by kings of the Hittites in Anatolia after the great drought, dams

 

That the capital of the Hittite civilization of Çorum Alacahöyük'teki ruins excavations, is known settlement in the region began 1500 years, proving once three separate fragments of coarse pottery were found. 


Thus, the Alacahöyük past, present 8000-9000 years ago, the late Neolithic Age to extend understood.
Department of Archaeology at Ankara University Faculty of Language, History and Geography faculty members, Prof. Alacahöyük Excavation Area. Dr. Aykut Çınaroğlu, said that the order of Atatürk Alacahöyük'teki excavation work started in 1935 and maintained for 7 years with the support of Yüksel Construction, said.

 Explaining that there is a development of excavations shed light on Alacahöyük'teki Çınaroğlu date, the region is known settlement began 1500 years, proving once they found three separate pieces of ceramic container, these findings give rise to the mound, said that based on the history up to the late Neolithic Age.

 Excavation work in 2006 Alacahöyük Hittite Anatolia, the oldest known irrigation dam Dam'' of'' re starting to hold water, reminiscent of the opening of the local people use for agricultural irrigation Çınaroğlu, said:

 '' As a result of excavations 7000-7500 years ago, the first settlement in the region based on the known to the Chalcolithic Age. This year, three new part in the excavations of the construction technique, rude workmanship, and good unbaked dough is mixed with coarse sand particles form, the present Anatolian Neolithic period 8000-9000 years ago turned out to reflect the properties of the ceramic repertoire. Thus, since Alacahöyük moved as far back as 1000-1500 years.

 Digging these parts in our work, Urfa Gobeklitepe on stone blocks and the like Burdur Kuruçay Mound fully reflect the Neolithic ceramic repertoire. Thus, the first resettlement Alacahöyük'teki, we have to understand traced back to the late Neolithic Age. 8000-9000 years before present understanding of the history of Alacahöyük hung just for this region, but is also extremely important in the history of settlement in Central Anatolia. Excavation work in future also works to bring innovation to the history of Anatolia, the former seems to have a definite.''

 Anatolia's oldest irrigation dam

 Alacahöyük Hittite Anatolia, the oldest known irrigation dam Dam, BC 1249'da dams built by the kings of the Hittites in Anatolia, then one of the great drought.

 This function other than the mound Holstein dams died. Where the source of water for the body of Alacahöyük Hittite Dam continued to flow until today. This dam in the hieroglyphic inscription on the King 3 Pudu-Hepa was built by his wife, the goddess Hepat'a Hattuşili understood to refer to.

 Width of 15 meters, the length of the body of the rock-fill dam with clay covered with 135 meters of the stone set in the construction technique is the same as the present dam construction technique were determined. However, the Hittites were using clay instead of cement. When fully filled dam is estimated that 15 thousand cubic meters of water.

 Remained hidden in history, the world's cultural heritage, and given their

 The capital of the Hittite civilization, the Pied Mound, in the district of Çorum Pied Alacahöyük district, 25 kilometers northeast of Hattusa is Bogazkoy. The orders of the Turkish Historical Society, with the support of excavation work started in 1935, after the death of Atatürk in 1982, came to a halt the continuous decrease in the material and spiritual support.

 Excavations in 1997, the Department of Archaeology at Ankara University Faculty of Language, History and Geography faculty member Prof. Dr. A team led by Aykut Çınaroğlu restarted. The project came to a halt in 2005, again primarily because of financial difficulties. Yuksel Construction on this date in history matching them with the light of day began to support.

 The project supports the long-term tangible and intangible Alaca Höyük today many historical monuments that have remained hidden by subtracting the light of day, the world's cultural heritage made. cumhuriyet

Canyon valley type, vegetation, hidden treasures of the churches and chapels with the Ihlara

 

Canyon valley type, vegetation, churches and chapels with the nature, history, human and cultural phenomenon meets the Ihlara Valley, continues to work for the recording of hidden treasures.

Tectonic uplift and then collapse püskürmesinin Hasandağı volcano thousands of years of stream erosion suffered as a result of the proceeding on the current state of Melendiz the Ihlara Valley, the natural beauty of Cappadocia is the most important.

Advancing 18 kilometers along the valley by drawing close to 30 Melendiz stream meander, the splitting caused by a deep and steep terrain and stunning majestic beauty, arouses your interest. Starting the valley town of Ilisu, Ihlara town, village Yaprakhisar Belisırma and then ends at Selime.
Nature, history meets the valley

Ihlara Valley 100-120 meters depth, like a wall around the steep cliffs end at the creek Melendiz a rich vegetation of trees and stands out peanuts. Nature, history of the churches in the valley where the first examples of a combination of MS 4. dates back to centuries.

Steep slopes carved tuff easy to carve numerous monasteries, churches, temples, caves and secluded places-residential building which is an ideal place of refuge for Christians in the first frescoed churches in Ihlara Valley, the land is very rarely in the nature of a treasure of history. 4. century onwards, and residential center, which has become an important monastic Ihlara Valley, which reflects the period of art is housed within many churches.
11 records in the Ihlara Valley century, more than 100 churches, 16 monasteries, where many religious education centers and tens of thousands of people are actually living in more than 1500 settlements. These units are connected through tunnels carved into the rocks, planets-boggling.

The stairs descending into the valley of Ihlara order of hundreds of town visitors on a large portion of this region gezemeden leaving the entire space. Not too much to visit the valley of steep cliffs and connects them to the settlements and parts of the rock-hewn passages are still being identified and studies initiated to be protected.habertürk

Cappadocia, covering an area of ​​785 thousand square meters 'hidden city' found

 

Important tourism centers of Turkey which is famous for its fairy chimneys and underground cities, and an annual average of 2.5 million in local and foreign tourists visited Cappadocia, Derinkuyu, as well as ruins, cream, flavors and Ozkonak underground cities are among the popular places of tourists.

Keşfedilirken new places every day in the region 'Nevsehir Castle and Environs Urban Transformation Project' in the context of trials, thought to be linked together under the fortress of Nevsehir and covering an area of ​​approximately 785 thousand square meters was a new underground city.

Mayor Hasan Unver Nevsehir, Nevsehir Castle and around the Prime Ministry Housing Development Administration (TOKI), and a serious work carried out since 2006 in cooperation with the municipality and the citizens living in this region carry TOKI said housing by 2600.

Demonstrated that the destruction of houses around the castle tells a thousand Unver, it has a very large part of the area under the 785 thousand square meters and 110 meters elevation in an underground city that notice stated that this area had been identified.


Found seven kilometers long tunnel


Unver, identified by expression of the region is one of the world's largest underground cities,'' which begins with the application of the castle there are 110 meters elevation. Sığarsa how much times 110 meters, it so far, we could not identify exactly. According to the 7 kilometers from the town of Castle Nevsehir also have detected a tunnel. Waterway in the region determined that 30 pieces of the Ottoman archives,'' he said.

'Were in a good work'


As a partial cleaning of rough places in the underground city, stating that they Unver, said:'' Nevsehir Directorate for Cultural Heritage Conservation District Board, was registered by a large part. Structures are established and registered a team was coordinated by our Governor. He will restore the buildings; future. Significant historical places of Turkey and the underground cities of this place is one of the world I believe it will offer. Now in addition to the Ottoman Empire in Anatolia in the latest restoration of the complex to the Vizier Ibrahim Pasha Mosque Complex. Here you will be a serious historical and cultural concept. This also think it would be beneficial for Nevsehir. The underground cities in general is going up early Hittite period. The history of the castle is based on the Seljuks. Underground city of at least five thousand years of history of Nevsehir ötelediği sure. Currently, archaeologists have been working on this issue. Both the Turkish tourism, Turkish cultural life as well as a good will gift to the world are at the beginning of the work. Our country, our nation has already wished promising. In the coming days of history, culture, country and the province of Nevsehir studies in pregnant women.''

'I look forward to the former as a journalist'


How many in the underground city is very different, but they could not tell that the entries describing the Unver,'' In general, underground cities from one place to another is entered and exits. So far, we have detected up to 20 input and output. We do not know how much more there because the area is too large. The region is gaining an interesting identity. As a former journalist, I also look forward to. Sometimes I look at the event with a journalist reflex, very excited. I look forward to conclude the studies. The presence of both the country and the world to give such an eminent Nevsehir Directorate of Cultural Heritage Conservation District Board, solid foundation, municipality, deputies are living completely hand in hand with this excitement. Are moving very carefully,'' he said do not rush.cumhuriyet

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