Does Turkey have Hindu?

Another recent poll by OPTİMAR which interviewed 3,500 people in 26 cities, included a question about belief in God and found that 89.5\% of the Turkish population believed in God, 4.5\% believed in God but did not belong to an organized religion, 2.7\% were agnostic, 1.7\% were atheist, and 1.7\% did not answer.

Which God is Göbekli Tepe?

Luwian rock inscription from Arslan Tepe at the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara, Turkey; circa 900 B.C.E. The “god” symbol Laroche #360 is shown at the top next to the head of the storm god (Tešup) figure on the left.

Is Göbekli Tepe a religious site?

“This is the first human-built holy place,” Klaus Schmidt, the late director of excavation at Göbekli Tepe, once said of the ancient Anatolian site. It is a powerful statement, but belying the grandiose imagery is the reality on the ground.

Is Göbekli Tepe a temple?

Archaeologist Klaus Schmidt, who led the excavations at Göbekli Tepe from 1996 to 2014 has interpreted the site to be a stone-age mountain sanctuary, whilst Dragos Gheorghiu, an anthropologist and experimental archaeologist proposes that the monument was a cosmogonic map, relating the community to the surrounding …

Can Hindus live in Turkey?

Most Indians are Hindu and the community forms the bulk of Hindus in Turkey. In recent times, there have been efforts to promote tourism and culture from India as a means of developing the community and establishing better relations with Turkish society.

Who built the Gobekli Tepe?

hunter gatherers
Göbekli Tepe (which translates to “potbelly hill” in Turkish) was built some 11,000 to 12,000 years ago — hundreds of years before any evidence of farming or animal domestication emerged on the planet. So it’s thought that this massive undertaking was the work of hunter gatherers.

What are the mysteries surrounding Gobekli Tepe?

The mystery about Göbekli Tepe is that the decline seems to have been not just in ambition but also in craftsmanship. This contradicts all notions we have about the progress of history. It seems that there was a higher level of craftsmanship earlier in its history than later — yet another mystery from potbelly hill.

Why is Göbekli Tepe a temple?

Klaus Schmidt’s view was that Göbekli Tepe is a stone-age mountain sanctuary. Radiocarbon dating as well as comparative stylistic analysis indicate that it contains the oldest known megaliths yet discovered anywhere and that these ruins may constitute the remains of a temple.