GÖBEKLİTEPE TOUR

Gobeklitepe

Göbeklitepe Archaeological Site is located 18 kilometers northeast of Şanlıurfa city center, near Örencik Village. The site was discovered in 1963 during a survey conducted in partnership with the Universities of Istanbul and Chicago and was identified as the "V52 Neolithic Settlement". The real value of the area began to emerge with the excavations started after 1994. After these studies, it was understood that Göbeklitepe was a cult center dating back 12000 years.

There are 2 "T" shaped, 5 meters high, independent columns made of limestone in the middle of approximately 20 round and oval structures with a diameter of 30 meters. There are also smaller columns on the inner walls of the buildings. The mentioned scientific data about Göbeklitepe provide important information that requires re-evaluation of the theoretical framework and datings related to the Neolithic period in archaeological studies. It has been understood that Göbeklitepe is a unique sanctuary for the Neolithic period with its location, dimensions, dating and monumentality of its buildings. The area yields important archaeological finds as it remained untouched in its natural environment for 12000 years.

Göbeklitepe, the work of a great organization and imagination, is the oldest monument of this size and beyond the first, it constitutes the zero point of history in many senses. At a time when people lived as hunter-gatherers, the construction of temples that required advanced architecture caused astonishment all over the world. The temples, which reflect the belief world of prehistoric people and enriched with animist figures, have made Göbeklitepe one of the most important discoveries in the history of archeology.

Undoubtedly, in addition to this impressiveness, all kinds of data and information about prehistoric life obtained in the excavations

The scientific result is also of great importance in terms of human history.