Gobeklitepe
Forget everything you have ever known about history. Think of a place that is the beginning of everything you have right now: Gobeklitepe. This place affects human history much more profoundly than we think. Gobeklitepe, the work of a great organization and imagination, also hosts the world's first place of worship. Gobeklitepe, which has a history of 12 thousand years, will surprise you with its details.
Gobeklitepe was discovered in 1963 by researchers at Istanbul and Chicago universities. While it is a hill known only as Visit to Gobekli Tepe, archaeologist Prof. The excavations made by Klaus Schmidt eventually became a place where the world spoke. Gobeklitepe has such an ancient history that the oldest known temple until its discovery is in Malta and is 5000 years old. Gobeklitepe is also 7000 years older than Stonehenge and 7500 years older than the Egyptian pyramids.
Where is Gobeklitepe?
Gobeklitepe, which has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, is located approximately 22 km northeast of Şanlıurfa city center, near Orencik Village. You can reach the ruins directly with your vehicles. Let us point out that you need to stop by the main facilities and buy a ticket before arriving at the ruins. You can also buy souvenirs here. During busy times, an extra welcoming area can be set up before arriving at the main facilities. You will reach the excavation area divided as A, B, C, and D at the archaeological site where you will enter with a ticket, and the area covered with a walking tour route. You can call 0 414 313 15 88 for your questions about arriving in Gobeklitepe. You can visit Gobeklitepe ruins by paying an entrance fee of -- TL, between 10:00 and 18:00 in the summer and 10:00 - 16:00 in the winter. You can still check the official website of Gobeklitepe for possible updates for working hours and days. If you happen to have a museum card, like all other museums in Turkey Gobeklitepe you can visit at a more affordable price. To learn more about Gobeklitepe and to better understand the legend of Gobeklitepe, we recommend you to visit with the guides.
What is Gobeklitepe?
Throughout history, our cultural evolution has occurred as we all know; Agriculture allowed us to settle down, develop religious teachings, and build places of worship. Small settlements created cities, and cities formed powerful civilizations. According to the findings obtained from the excavations carried out with the support of the German Archeology Institute, Gobeklitepe breaks this routine. Gobeklitepee almost reveals that cultural evolution took place before agriculture. The trigger for this is religion, according to the findings. According to the ruins in Gobeklitepe, which was built exactly 12,000 years ago, a place of worship was built first to gather under the same roof. Afterward, a brand new process that extended to agricultural life started. The findings obtained as a result of the excavations carried out in Gobeklitepe proved that religion was the cause of the formation of civilizations before agriculture. The order we know has also changed. Findings from Gobeklitepe excavations, an area made during the Stone Age, bring to mind the following question; How did people who had not even met pottery and wheels at that time form this space? Although the answer to this question is still not fully known, this feature makes the field even more fascinating.
Who made Gobeklitepe?
The ruins found in Gobeklitepe provide various information about the people who built this area. Among these remains, there are many wild animal bones, stone fragments, and debris from the making and use of stone tools leftover from the meat that people ate. The area where the bones of animals such as gazelles and fallow deer are found shows that those who built this place were stone-ax hunters and gatherers living at that time. So, the transition to settled life in Gobeklitepe is the work of a pre-agricultural community.. These people are not primitive as we think they are, on the contrary, they are highly conscious and engineering-savvy communities. So much so that the people who lived in the Stone Age at that time used engineering methods that can be reached after thousands of years while making this place of worship. Hunters and gatherers are also people with an unexpected level of organizational ability. It takes 50 manpower to move an obelisk found in the excavations. Among these remains, the presence of many wild animal bones remaining from the meat people ate indicates that food feasts were held in this area. In order for humanity to build a structure like Gobeklitepe, it must have a settled structure. However, no findings regarding needs such as nutrition and shelter are encountered in the excavations. It shows that these communities spent their days here extracting stones, shaping the columns, and then going to the settlement. This settlement is probably Sanliurfa. Stone Age statues in Sanlıurfa prove this.
Gobeklitepe is a large place of worship, from circular structures to square structures. There are 20 separate prayer areas, including those identified under the ground. There are two large obelisks at the center of the places of worship that have been unearthed during excavations so far. Each of the T-shaped obelisks is 6 meters high and weighs 40 tons. Archaeologists argue that the pillars are stylized depictions of people. So much so that even if there were no facial motifs on the columns, the loincloths worn by people at that time were painted on these stones. Another view is that the columns may be the first gods depicted because of the lack of facial motifs. In this direction, these stones prove again that Gobeklitepe is the oldest place of worship in the world. These obelisks are also adorned with enormous animal figures dominated by predators. Animal figures in high reliefs are depicted as guards. These guards are thought of as the guards of the obelisks. Columns and carvings in Gobeklitepe, which is a turning point in the development of humanity, also reveal the new position of humanity against nature.
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Why was it made?
Some experts think that Gobeklitepe was built as a place of worship dedicated to the dead. Circular rooms, the door found in the excavations, represent the doors to the underworld. Those who founded this extraordinary place of worship then bury it. Small buildings are built in the area, which has changed over the years during agricultural development. Communities that started to make a living by farming may have disregarded the value judgments of their ancestors and deliberately closed this area.
Urfa, city of legends
2019 by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Turkey 'Gobeklitepe Year' After the announcement of the most mystical places in Eastern Anatolia Sanliurfa, it began to be referred to Gobeklitepe. Sanlıurfa, the city of legends, where legends are intertwined with reality, of course, is not just Gobeklitepe. There are many things to do in Sanliurfa. You can reach Gobeklitepe by purchasing a Şanlıurfa flight ticket and renting a car after a short flight. You can take a tour of Gobeklitepe, visit Balıklı Gol (Fish Lake), Halfeti, Harran and Şanlıurfa Archeology Museum, and get to know the culture of the region closely by participating in the fun of the night. Comfortable Sanlıurfa hotels await you for an unforgettable mystical holiday. Gobeklitepe, which amazed scientists, started a brand new era in our cultural evolution history.
According to your preference, you can do a lot in a short time by renting a car with English-speaking local driver during your trip.
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