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MIGRATION OF STAMPS - KURGAN

MIGRATION OF STAMPS - KURGAN

Servet Somuncuoğlu who has dedicated his life to tracking "Turks on Stones" has made one of the most important discoveries in Anatolian archeology with his book Migration of Stamps-Kurgan after two incredible works named Saymalıtaş Sky Atlas and Turks on Stone from Siberia to Anatolia. Proving that Turks have arrived in Anatolia way before Manzikert with this very special study, Somuncuoğlu reveals Turkish cave paintings and inscriptions on Güdül Mountain and its extensions between Güdül and Beypazarı in western Ankara with unique visual materials.

TURKS ON STONES FROM SIBERIA TO ANATOLIA

TURKS ON STONES FROM SIBERIA TO ANATOLIA

Conducting research on the roots of Turkish history covering the pre-historic periods, Sermet Somuncuoğlu’s book entitled Turks on Stones from Siberiato Anatolia represents a "first" in its field as a work exemplifying the first sources of Turkish history "caved on stone". Cave pictures collected from 65 different geographies of Turkish history is striking as it provides examples to support the argument that Turks have a rich history covering thousands of years from Asia to Anatolia. The giant work which constitutes a resource for all researchers and universities conducting art history, art, language-culture research at the national and international level has also been granted with Sedat Simavi Social Sciences Research Award in 2008.

TURKISH CAVE PAINTINGS / SAYMALITAŞ - SKY ATLAS

TURKISH CAVE PAINTINGS / SAYMALITAŞ - SKY ATLAS

Saymalıtaş which can be reached either on foot or by a horse at 3500 meters above Ala Mountains which is one of the arms of Tanrı Mountains in Kyrgyzstan, is the richest cave painting area worldwide. "Saymalıtaş - Sky Horses" book prepared by documentarist Servet Somuncuoğlu is made up photos selected among tens of thousands of cave paintings in Kyrgyzstan-Saymalıtaş region with a careful study of two years as well as observations and analyses and articles. It constitutes a resource for national and international universities as well as archeologists and anthropologists with the cave paintings that exemplify the thousand year old story of the migration from Central Asia to Anatolia as well as the transition from cave paintings to stamps and from stamps to alphabet for the Turkish culture.