In the district of Çumra in Konya, Çatalhöyük, one of the first urbanization models in Anatolia and the world, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, sheds light on human history from 9,000 years ago.
The ongoing excavations in Çatalhöyük in Konya, the Kubadabad Palace Complex, and the ancient city of Savatra, along with the ancient city of Mokissos in Aksaray and Apameia and Amorium in Afyonkarahisar, are building a bridge between the past and the present.
Çatalhöyük continues to be discovered with its doorless houses, wall paintings, female and male figurines, predatory animal bones and claws, multiple burials, and traces of agriculture.
In 2021, at the excavation site where an 8,500-year-old marble figurine and multiple burials were found, last year, an 8,200-year-old belief structure with altars adorned with bull horns, wall reliefs, and special interior arrangements was discovered.
Konya Governor Vahdettin Özkan stated, "Currently, there is an excavation activity supervised by academics from Anadolu University. Hopefully, these activities will not only shed further light on our civilizational history but also provide our city with a clearer understanding of its vital reference points. The increasingly defined historical reference points will give us a duty to set an example to the world in the fields of education, agriculture, industrialization, and moral values for our city. I believe that, for the future of our city, these values will make us much stronger."
