Hello ,
Travel The Unknown invite you to a travel talk with our Middle East expert and author of the
Bradt Travel Guide
to Eastern Turkey,
Diana Darke
.
At an estimated age of
12,000 years old
, Göbekli Tepe is believed to be the oldest religious sanctuary in the world. Turkish for ‘Potbelly Hill’, the structure of over 200 sixteen-tonne pillars in circular patterns has become a site of increasing cultural and historic significance, having recently been named a
UNESCO World Heritage site
.
Eastern Turkey
also boasts the enigmatic statue-heads of Nemrut Daği (Mount Nemrut, pictured above), and the ingenious roof-top streets of
Çatalhöyük,
the world’s first city.
Come and join in the discussion of this varied and fascinating region, as well as the prehistoric archaeological gem of
Göbekli Tepe
.
