@Kenan-Z

2 weeks ago

There are some independent, investigative Turkish journalists and reserachers who have drawn attention to various mysterious incidents related with the excavation at Göbekli Tepe. 1) First of all, during the initial excavation under the leadership of German archaelogist Klaus Scmidt, a midsize human statue was unearthed towards the end of a working day. The Turkish archaelogists advised Schmidt to carry the statue (it was around 1.6 mt tall and light enough to be carried by the staff) to their camp and keep it there during the night as a protection against possible theft. But Schmidt adamantly refused the idea (one of the Turkish assistants later said that Schmidt's reaction was unusual and surprised them, but they couldn't object to him much as he was the administrator in charge of the excavation). And when the staff went to the excavation site the next morning, the statue was not there. Schmidt appeared nonchalant about its disappearance and didn't want the issue to be talked about much. A few years later, rumors circulated among well-connected experts in Istanbul that the said statue had been smuggled to Europe through an international organization and landed in Switzerland, taken into the custody of some "mega-rich guys" who view the statue as a sacred relic of immense importance. 2- Again during the excavations, shortly after the mysterious and organized disappearance of the human statue, a European (most probably a German) archaeleogist with deep connections to some extremely powerful groups, came to Şanlıurfa (the province where the Göbekli Tepe is), hired a car and visited the excavation site, talking with Schmidt for hours on end. Then he left the site and drove the car towards another Turkish city. It was a warm, dry, and sunny day with perfect road conditions. But he was found dead towards the evening, as his car swerved off the road and hit a tree (or a rock) in a nearby orchard. Turkish authorities found the accident a suspicious case. The conclusion of the authorities was that there occurred a car chase and the guy was either lost control of the car and crashed into the object, or was directly hit by a pursuing vehicle. 3- As the importance of Göbekli Tepe was understood well and the details about the site made the headlines in publications like the National Geographic (NG) magazine, it became a scientific sensation worldwide. Curiously, however, Göbekli Tepe's importance was sort of hidden from the Turkish public for long (and it still is). A notorious example is the famous NG Global issue with Göbekli Tepe as the cover story. At the time, the NG magazine had also the NG Turkish version (its Turkish publication was discontinued later) but the Turkish edition's cover story was a totally different topic (I don't remember but it was something like artificial dog breeds) in that month. And guess who was publishing the NG Turkish: Doğuş Dergi Grubu (Doğuş Magazine Group), yes the publication branch of that WEF-related Doğuş Holding, owned by the billionaire Ferit Şahenk (by the way, Ferit Şahenk's wife is an American). That blatant contradiction attracted the attention of independent Turkish journalists and they rightfully asked "Why the Turkish people is prevented from learning about the importance of Göbekli Tepe, why that global magazine's Turkish franchise hardly ever makes reports about it?". Of course, they couldn't get an answer from the Doğuş Dergi.

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