Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy reported that 11 new hills were discovered near Göbeklitepe. Ersoy said, “There is a big work on 12 hills, it is about to be completed, we will introduce it in September.”
Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said, “We have 11 more point hills on a 100-kilometer line around Göbeklitepe. Here we will give the details for the first time and we will call it 12 hills. There is a big study on 12 hills, it is about to be completed, we will introduce it in September,” he said. Minister Ersoy made a statement to the journalists in Şanlıurfa, where he came with the Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank to promote the “Mesopotamia” brand within the scope of the GAP Region Tourism Promotion and Branding Project.
Expressing his pleasure to be in the city, Ersoy stated that they are making efforts for Turkey’s tourism value and potential to be better understood.
Reminding that they established the Turkish Tourism Promotion and Development Agency in 2019, Ersoy said, “The main job of the agency is to introduce all the tourism values of Turkey to the world. Our main goal with the agency is to spread tourism to our 81 provinces in Turkey until 2023. There is tourism potential in every part of Turkey. With the right promotion, we need to reveal this potential and spread it by providing awareness.”
“GÖBEKLİTEPE WILL BECOME A VERY POPULAR PLACE IN THE WORLD”
Stating that they discovered some more important centers around Göbeklitepe, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List, Ersoy continued as follows:
“Actually, Göbeklitepe is no longer limited to Göbeklitepe. We have 11 more point hills on a 100-kilometer line around Göbeklitepe. Here we will give the details for the first time and we will call it 12 hills. There is a big study on 12 hills, it is about to be completed, we will introduce it in September. We will present the 12 hills as a world launch in cooperation with many universities of the world and the heads of excavations specialized in archeology.”
Stating that Göbeklitepe will become a very popular place in the world, Minister Ersoy said, “We can even call it the Pyramids of the Southeast. We think it will be a unique treasure of Turkey, which will make a lot of noise after the launch,” he said.
Minister Ersoy emphasized that the Turkish Tourism Promotion and Development Agency works in coordination with the development agencies in the regions and stated that they also cooperate with municipalities across the country at the point of promotion. (Ntv)
