Karkamış
Karkamış | |
|---|---|
| Kintra |  Turkey |
| Region | Sootheastren Anatolie |
| Province | Gaziantep |
| Area | |
| • Total | 314 km2 (121 sq mi) |
| • Density | 42.6/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 27xxx |
| Area code(s) | +(90)342 |
| Website | [2] [3] |
Karkamış, aka Kargamış, next tae the steid o auncient Karkemish (Kurdish: Girgamêş), is a toun an destrict o Gaziantep Province in sootheastren Turkey. The population o the toun is 2,998 as o 2010.
It is a border checkpoint on the road tae Jarabulus in Sirie. In 2004, 8,071 vehicles an 38,263 fowk passed the border checkpoint intae Turkey while 8,795 vehicles an 35,474 fowk crossed it towards Sirie.[1]
The River Euphrates runs east of Karkamış southwards into Syria. At this place, a railway bridge of 870 m (2,850 ft) that was built between 1911-1913 by German engineers as part of the Istanbul-Baghdad Railway, crosses the river parallel to the border line.[2]
One of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP), the Karkamış Dam and hydoelectric power station is located 4.5 km (2.8 mi) upstream from the border crossing of Euphrates.[3]
In March 2011, the Turkish military base which included Karkemish ruins was cleared of mines. Archaeologists from Italy and Turkey have begun excavations in the town in September 2011.[4]
History
The Municipality of Karkamış was established in 1961, before then being administratively under Nizip. At the time of the famous British Museum excavations at the nearby archaeological site to the East (1911–1914, 1920), Karkamış was not yet existing, only the railway station built by the Germans being already there, since the main village at that time was Jarabulus, now in Syria. After the Turkish War of Independence a settlement was established around the railway station named after the famous nearby archaeological site.
Archaeological heritage
The ancient site of Karkemish is now an extensive set of ruins, located on the West bank of Euphrates River, about 60 kilometre (37 mi) southeast of Gaziantep, Turkey and 100 kilometre (62 mi) northeast of Aleppo, Syria. The site is crossed by the Turco-Syrian border. A Turkish military base has been built on the Carchemish acropolis and Inner Town, and access to the site is presently restricted. Most of the Outer Town lies in Syrian territory.
Carchemish haes aaways been well kent tae scholars acause o several references tae it in the Bible (Jer. 46:2; 2 Chr. 35:20; Isa. 10:9) an in Egyptian an Assirie texts. Housomeivver, its location wis identifee'd anerlie in 1876 bi George Smith.
The steid wis excavatit bi the British Museum, 1878-1881 bi Patrick Henderson, 1911 bi D. G. Hogarth an R. Campbell Thompson, an frae 1912 tae 1914 bi C. L. Woolley, and T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence o Arabie"). [5] [6] [7] Excavations wur interruptit in 1914 bi World War I, resumit in 1920 wi Woolley an then endit wi the Turkis War o Unthirldom. [8] These expeditions uncovered substantial remains o the Neo-Hittite an Assirie periods, includin defensive structurs, temples, palaces, an numerous basalt statues an reliefs wi Luwian hieroglyfic inscriptions.
Though the steid itsel is aff limits tae tourism, wi the completion in Mairch 2011 o mine clearin operations on the Turkis portion o the steid, airchaeological wirk haes feenally resumit thanks tae a Turco-Italian joint airchaeological expedition in September 2011. [9]
See an aw
References
- ↑ "İdari Durum" (in Turkish). Karkamış Kaymakamlığı. Retrieved 15 Mairch 2009.
- ↑ "Tarihi Fırat Demiryolu Köprüsü" (in Turkish). Karkamış Kaymakamlığı. Retrieved 15 Mairch 2009.
- ↑ "Karkamış Barajı" (in Turkish). Karkamış Kaymakamlığı. Retrieved 15 Mairch 2009.
- ↑ Ancient city to rise in SE Turkey area cleared of mines
- ↑ D.G. Hogarth, Carchemish I: Introductory, The British Museum Press, 1914, repr. 1969
- ↑ C.L.Woolley, Carchemish II: Town Defences: Report on the Excavations at Jerablus on Behalf of the British Museum, British Museum Press, 1921, repr. 1969, ISBN 0-7141-1002-7
- ↑ C.L.Woolley & R.D.Burnett, Carchemish III: Excavations in the Inner Town: Report on the Excavations at Jerablus on Behalf of the British Museum, British Museum Press, 1952, repr. 1978, ISBN 0-7141-1003-5
- ↑ H. G. Güterbock, Carchemish, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 102-114 , 1954
- ↑ [1] Mine-clearin wirk in Karkamış nears completion
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