Astonishing Kültepe Tablets: Some Everyday Turkish Words Date Back 4,500 Years!
Remarkable findings are emerging from the ongoing excavations at Kültepe-Kanesh-Karum, one of Turkey’s longest-running archaeological sites. Led by Prof. Fikri Kulakoğlu, the excavations of Assyrian cuneiform tablets dating back approximately 4,500 years have revealed traces of certain Turkish words commonly used today. Located on the Kayseri-Sivas highway, Kültepe has been shedding light on Anatolian history
The 2000-Year-Old Anisa Tablet Found in Kültepe Shows That Greek Was Spoken in Anatolia at That Time
Kültepe/Kaneš, illuminating the depths of history 20 kilometers northeast of Kayseri, hosts the oldest written documents in Anatolia. This ancient city, a lively trade center of Assyrian merchants between 2000-1750 BC, attracts attention not only with its commercial activities but also with its political and cultural structure. One of the most striking finds unearthed in