The Neolithic sacred site of Göbeklitepe promises its visitors a time travel back to largely unknown periods of human history. In recent years, an additional 11 early settlements have been unearthed in the rugged stone hills surrounding Şanlıurfa. These combined with Göbeklitepe, form what is today known as “Taş Tepeler”. Together they shine new light upon the dawn of our civilisation. 

Anatolia, the storied land known as Türkiye today, is depicted as the cradle of civilisation for a reason. The discovery of the earliest examples of human settlement near Şanlıurfa, a storied city in the Southeast of Türkiye, has further strengthened this claim. As the seat of many polytheistic and monotheistic religions and the birthplace of the world’s first prophet Abraham, Şanlıurfa is now the epicentre of the century’s most important archaeological finds dating back to the Neolithic age.