Project Manager Asst. Prof. Dr. Songül Aslan Karakul who identifies Latmos Mountains, one of Turkey's most untouched areas in terms of natural and cultural resources, and Göbeklitepe in Haliliye, Şanlıurfa as study areas for Latmos Project designed as an EU Project as part of global mobility, stated that the connection between the two areas would provide a social experimental environment to create materials for semiotics. So as to realize this project, Karakul and Dilek started data collection in Göbeklitepe in Şanlıurfa and in the Latmos Mountains, the world heritage site with a summit of 1400 meters.
Dr. Songül Aslan Karakul, stating that the aim of the research is to establish a link between past and present cultures in two very important historical places, to record a semiotic research and study object which will be produced synchronously, to provide the traces of the participants to this work on the world and to observe and examine the cultural interactions of these people with each other, expressed that by its very nature, semiotics has a strong connection with all branches of science, especially art.
Latmos Will Take Its Well-Deserved Place
Explaining that they want to introduce Latmos to the world, which contains unique data in the art of cave painting, which has examples all over the world, Asst. Prof. Dr. Songül Aslan Karakul stated "This depiction world near the Aegean coast, from the early periods of Western Anatolia, will be a place to talk about in the world in the future. We hope that being mentioned in the same project with Göbeklitepe, which is on the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage List, will also play an important role in taking the place Beşparmak Mountains deserves.”.
Asst. Prof. Dr. Songül Aslan Karakul continued her speech as follows: “The first step of the Global Mobility Project was taken with Ecosystem Conservation and Nature Lovers Association in Latmos (EKODOSD) and with a field trip in Göbeklitepe under the guidance of Directorate of Culture and Göbeklitepe Excavation Coordinator. We will dedicate this project to the German archaeologist Anneliese Peschlow, who spent a lifetime on the discovery of Latmos. We also received the support of our University in this regard. I would like to thank our rector Prof. Dr. Osman Selçuk Aldemir for stating that they will provide all kinds of support to our Project and Advisor to the Rector Hüseyin Turgut for his assistance in cooperation with the institutions.”.
Artistic understanding of Ahmet Dilek, an artist known for his works in the international field as the object of study of the project, was determined. The artist Ahmet Dilek, continuing his march towards opening art corridors among the countries of the world with his motto ‘Art Corridors Against War Corridors’, stated “Refugees fleeing the war 8,000 years ago and settling in the Latmos Mountains settled here and formed their own civilization. They depicted peace, social and cultural life, and not the wars that lead to the cavities, massacres and horror on the monumental rocks, each of which is a unique piece of nature in the region. We observe that their dreams are not about war but about peace. Thanks to the project we will work with Dr. Aslan Karakul, we will unite Göbeklitepe with Latmos refugee artists from 8,000 years ago and lend assistance for the introduction, protection and transmission of these two regions to future generations without any damage.”.
