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Turkic Runiform Signs Discovered Beside a Medieval Church in Central Turkey
Angular symbols associated with early Turkic writing traditions have been discovered on a rock beside a medieval church in the Binbir Kilise archaeological region of central Turkey. The carvings were recorded during the third season of surveys across Karadağ, an extinct volcanic massif north of Karaman. Researchers identified both runiform characters and tamgas linked to…
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15 Newly Discovered Churches at Binbir Kilise Suggest Lost Byzantine Pilgrimage Center in Anatolia
A new wave of archaeological discoveries in central Turkey is reshaping what we know about one of Anatolia’s most enigmatic sacred landscapes. In the volcanic highlands of Karadağ, north of Karaman, researchers have identified at least 15 previously undocumented churches and chapels within the historic Binbir Kilise region. The findings point to something far more…
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Fifteen Newly Discovered Churches Shed Light on Forgotten Sacred Landscape in Central Türkiye
Archaeologists uncover hidden Byzantine religious structures in Karadağ’s volcanic highlands, reshaping the history of the “Binbir Kilise” region A recent archaeological survey in the volcanic highlands of Karadağ, located north of Karaman in south-central Türkiye, has revealed 15 previously undocumented churches and chapels in the ancient region known as Binbir Kilise—or “One Thousand and One…