The Oldest Cultural and Trade City of the Mount Ararat Region: Doğubayazıt

CONTENTS

PREFACE

THE DOĞUBAYAZIT REGION IN ANTIQUITY

KALUS CASTLE AND THE KURGANS

GODS, MOUNTAINS AND TEMPLES

THE QUEST FOR ANCIENT INSCRIPTIONS: THE RESULTS OF A CHALLENGING

EXPLORATION OF THE TURKISH-IRANIAN BORDER IN SEARCH OF ANCIENT

INSCRIPTIONS POSSIBLY RELATED TO NOAH’S ARK

MOUNT ARARAT THROUGHOUT HISTORY

ÜZENGİLİ SITE - CANDIDATE FOR NOAH’S ARK

INTEGRATION OF GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR, LIDAR, AND

EMPIRICAL FIELD STUDIES: A MULTIFACETED ANALYSIS COMPARING

1987 AND 2019 FIELD STUDIES OF THE DURUPINAR BOAT FORMATION

KNOWN AS “NOAH’S ARK”

THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF THE NAME ARARAT

THE FORMATION AND MECHANISMS OF THE GREAT TELÇEKER

EARTHFLOW WHICH ALSO MOVED NOAH’S ARK!, MOUNT ARARAT,

EASTERN TURKEY

SEISMIC ACTIVITY OF AĞRI CITY AND ITS SURROUNDINGS

THE CASE FOR AĞRI DAĞI/MASIS AS BIBLICAL MT. ARARAT

MOUNT ARARAT: THE MOUNTAIN THAT HAS UNITED AND KEPT

CULTURES ALIVE THROUGHOUT HISTORY

THE LESSONS OF GENESIS 6-9: WHAT THE BIBLE’S FLOOD NARRATIVE

MEANS FOR ALL PEOPLE

THE PROVERBS, PLAUDITS, OATHS AND CURSES SAID ABOUT

MOUNT ARARAT AND NOAH’S FLOOD BY PEOPLE IN THE NORTHEASTERN

ANATOLIAN REGION

THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MOUNT ARARAT

AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN TERMS OF FAITH TOURISM

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SILK AND SPICE TRADE ROUTE IN THE

DEVELOPMENT OF THE CULTURAL ISTORY AND ECONOMY OF

MOUNT ARARAT REGIONS

HARABA PAZAR FORTRESS: A DEFENCE STRUCTURE FROM THE LATE

BRONZE AND EARLY IRON AGE TO THE WEST OF MOUNT ARARAT

ÇİÇEKLİ FORTRESS AND TOMB BELONGING TO THE LATE BRONZE AND

EARLY IRON AGE, IĞDIR-TUZLUCA

THE DOĞUBAYAZIT REGION AT THE SKIRT OF THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF

MOUNTAIN ARARAT DURING THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE

THE REGION OF MOUNT ARARAT IN THE EARLY IRON AGE

THE PRODUCTION AND TRADE OF ROCK SALT AND THE PLACE OF SALT IN FOLK LITERATURE IN THE MOUNT ARARAT REGION

A PLAN FOR A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO INVESTIGATE THE 2008 AĞRI DAĞI FIND

KORHAN: AN IMPORTANT FORTRESS AND CITY OF THE EARLY IRON AGE AND URARTIAN KINGDOM AT THE NORTHEASTERN FOOT OF GREATER MOUNT ARARAT

TRADITIONAL CIVIC ARCHITECTURAL EXAMPLES IN DOĞUBAYAZIT, LOCATED AT THE SOUTH-WEST OF MOUNT ARARAT

AN OVERALL LOOK AT THE URARTU IRRIGATION FACILITIES DISCOVERED IN THE MOUNT ARARAT REGION

SURVEYS OF MONUMENTAL URARTIAN ROCK SIGNS IN ARARAT MOUNT REGION

NATURE AND BIOTOURISM POTENTIAL OF AĞRI PROVINCE

THE FERHAT IRRIGATION CANAL

THE LEGENDS OF MOUNT AĞRI (ARARAT)

THE TALES OF MOUNT ARARAT

VERSES AND POEMS ABOUT MOUNT ARARAT, THE FLOOD AND NOAH’S ARK

ASHURE (NOAH’S PUDDING): ANATOLIA’S OLDEST AND MOST AUTHENTIC DISH

ABDİGÖR (BLIND ABDI) MEATBALLS: MOUNT ARARAT AND ANATOLIA’S OLDEST DIET FOOD

THE DISAPPEARING DISHES IN THE MOUNT ARARAT REGION’S TRADITIONAL CUISINE