{"id":1348,"date":"2022-11-30T08:33:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T08:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/edessas-historical-rock-tombs-kizilkoyun-necropolis\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:14:10","slug":"edessas-historical-rock-tombs-kizilkoyun-necropolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/edessas-historical-rock-tombs-kizilkoyun-necropolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Edessa&#8217;s Historical Rock Tombs, K\u0131z\u0131lkoyun Necropolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">K\u0131z\u0131lkoyun Nekropol\u00fc; <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">\u015eanl\u0131urfa ilinde Bal\u0131kl\u0131g\u00f6l yaylas\u0131nda yer almaktad\u0131r. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">\u00d6l\u00fcler \u015fehri anlam\u0131na gelen nekropol, Roma d\u00f6neminde kullan\u0131lan bir kaya mezarl\u0131\u011f\u0131 alan\u0131d\u0131r. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">2 bin 200 y\u0131ll\u0131k ge\u00e7mi\u015fe sahip olan kaya mezarlar\u0131, \u015eanl\u0131urfa B\u00fcy\u00fck\u015fehir Belediyesi taraf\u0131ndan ger\u00e7ekle\u015ftirilen restorasyon \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131n\u0131n ard\u0131ndan turizme kazand\u0131r\u0131ld\u0131. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Belediye taraf\u0131ndan y\u00fcr\u00fct\u00fclen 1. ve 2. etap \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131nda toplam 103 adet kaya mezar\u0131 g\u00fcn y\u00fcz\u00fcne \u00e7\u0131kar\u0131ld\u0131. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">\u0130slam \u0130\u015fbirli\u011fi Te\u015fkilat\u0131 taraf\u0131ndan &#8221;2023 \u0130slam D\u00fcnyas\u0131 Turizm Ba\u015fkenti&#8221; se\u00e7ilen \u015eanl\u0131urfa son derece \u00f6nemli yap\u0131lara sahip. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">En \u00f6nemli turistik merkezler aras\u0131nda yer alan ve \u0131\u015f\u0131klarla ayd\u0131nlat\u0131lan nekropol, g\u00f6renleri b\u00fcy\u00fcl\u00fcyor.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Yakla\u015f\u0131k 12 bin y\u0131ll\u0131k bir ge\u00e7mi\u015fe sahip olan \u015eanl\u0131urfa ili, ticaret yollar\u0131na ve su kaynaklar\u0131na yak\u0131nl\u0131\u011f\u0131 nedeniyle antik \u00e7a\u011flardan beri en \u00f6nemli yerle\u015fim yerleri aras\u0131nda yer alm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">M.\u00d6. 300 y\u0131l\u0131nda B\u00fcy\u00fck \u0130skender \u015fehri fethetmi\u015f ve \u0130skender&#8217;in komutan\u0131 I. Seleukos \u015fehrin ad\u0131n\u0131 &#8220;Bol Su&#8221; anlam\u0131na gelen Edessa olarak de\u011fi\u015ftirmi\u015ftir. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">K\u0131z\u0131lkoyun Nekropol\u00fc, Edessa \u015fehir merkezinde Antik Yunan ve Roma d\u00f6nemlerine ait \u00f6nemli kal\u0131nt\u0131lardan biridir.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4768\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/kizilkoyun-nekropolu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" data-lazy-=\"\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/kizilkoyun-nekropolu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4768\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-kizilkoyun-nekropolu-nun-tarihi\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">K\u0131z\u0131lkoyun Nekropol\u00fc Tarihi<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Antik kaya mezarlar\u0131, Bal\u0131kl\u0131g\u00f6l havzas\u0131n\u0131n yakla\u015f\u0131k 500 metre kuzeyinde, T\u0131lf\u0131nd\u0131r tepesinde yer almaktad\u0131r. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Ma\u011fara oyuklar\u0131ndan olu\u015fan nekropol\u00fcn MS 2. ve 4. y\u00fczy\u0131llarda yap\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131 tahmin edilmektedir. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">nekropol\u00fcn bulundu\u011fu Bal\u0131kl\u0131g\u00f6l havzas\u0131; <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Frig, Lidya, Helenistik, Pers, Roma-Bizans izleri ta\u015f\u0131r. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">1993 y\u0131l\u0131nda yaylada yap\u0131lan kaz\u0131larda 12 bin y\u0131ll\u0131k ge\u00e7mi\u015fe sahip &#8220;Urfa Adam\u0131&#8221; heykeli bulundu. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Platon, sadece yaz\u0131l\u0131 tarih devletlerinin de\u011fil, Tun\u00e7 \u00c7a\u011f\u0131&#8217;n\u0131n da izlerini ta\u015f\u0131r.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/dunyanin-ilk-buyuk-fatihi-buyuk-iskender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">B\u00fcy\u00fck \u0130skender&#8217;in<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> Asya seferleri s\u0131ras\u0131nda \u00f6l\u00fcm\u00fcnden sonra elde etti\u011fi bu topraklar komutanlar\u0131 aras\u0131nda taksim edildi. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Bal\u0131kl\u0131g\u00f6l yaylas\u0131n\u0131n bulundu\u011fu b\u00f6lge I. Seleukos&#8217;un korumas\u0131na verildi. Seleukos geni\u015f s\u0131n\u0131rlara ula\u015fan imparatorlu\u011fu y\u00f6netmekte zorlan\u0131nca i\u00e7indeki k\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck krall\u0131klar ba\u011f\u0131ms\u0131zl\u0131klar\u0131n\u0131 ilan ettiler. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Bu krall\u0131klardan biri de ba\u015fkenti Urfa olan ve M\u00d6 132&#8217;de ba\u011f\u0131ms\u0131zl\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 ilan eden Osroene Krall\u0131\u011f\u0131 idi. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Krall\u0131\u011f\u0131n \u015fehir merkezi, Bal\u0131kl\u0131g\u00f6l yaylas\u0131nda yer alan Edessa \u015fehriydi. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">K\u0131z\u0131lkoyun Nekropol\u00fc, Osroene Krall\u0131\u011f\u0131 taraf\u0131ndan yapt\u0131r\u0131lm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4767\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/kizilkoyun.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-lazy-=\"\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/kizilkoyun.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4767\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Yerel halk taraf\u0131ndan kurulan Osroene Krall\u0131\u011f\u0131, B\u00fcy\u00fck \u0130skender&#8217;den \u00f6nce ve sonra kar\u0131\u015f\u0131k bir Poloteist Pagan inanc\u0131na sahiptir. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Kaya mezarl\u0131\u011f\u0131 MS 100&#8217;l\u00fc y\u0131llarda Bal\u0131kl\u0131g\u00f6l havzas\u0131n\u0131n kuzeyindeki kayalara oyularak yap\u0131lm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Paganist Osroene, Paganist Roma-Bizans ve Hristiyan Roma-Bizans d\u00f6nemlerinde nekropol k\u00fclt\u00fcr\u00fc kullan\u0131lm\u0131\u015f ve ihtiyaca g\u00f6re alan\u0131 geni\u015fletilmi\u015ftir.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">K\u0131z\u0131lkoyun Nekropol\u00fcn\u00fcn Mimari \u00d6zellikleri<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">K\u0131z\u0131lkoyun Nekropol\u00fc&#8217;ndeki kaya mezarlar\u0131, genellikle kentin ileri gelenleri i\u00e7in yap\u0131lm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Putperestler aras\u0131nda ki\u015finin \u00f6ld\u00fckten sonra ba\u015fka bir evrende uyanaca\u011f\u0131na dair bir inan\u0131\u015f vard\u0131r. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Bu nedenle \u00f6l\u00fcler di\u011fer tarafta kullan\u0131lmak \u00fczere de\u011ferli e\u015fyalar\u0131yla birlikte g\u00f6m\u00fcl\u00fcrd\u00fc. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Mezarl\u0131k ilk kullan\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131nda giri\u015fler a\u00e7\u0131kt\u0131 ve aile \u00fcyeleri \u00f6l\u00fclerini ziyaret ediyordu. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Ancak zamanla mezarlardaki de\u011ferli e\u015fya soygunlar\u0131n\u0131n ba\u015flamas\u0131yla birlikte mezar kap\u0131lar\u0131 hareketli ta\u015flarla kapat\u0131lm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Bu kap\u0131lar soygunlar\u0131 engelleyemedi\u011fi i\u00e7in sahte mezar ve ger\u00e7ek mezar olmak \u00fczere iki a\u015famal\u0131 gizli mezarlar yap\u0131lm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4769\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/kizilkoyun-nekropolu2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\" data-lazy-=\"\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/kizilkoyun-nekropolu2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4769\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Genel olarak kare ve dikd\u00f6rtgen planl\u0131 olan mezarlarda kabartmalar, mozaikler, duvar yaz\u0131lar\u0131 ve lahitler yer almaktad\u0131r. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">B\u00f6lmeler \u015feklinde olan mezarlar\u0131n her yerinde kay\u0131k bi\u00e7imli lahitler yer almaktad\u0131r. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Birka\u00e7 tanesinde tek par\u00e7adan oyulmu\u015f kapakl\u0131 ta\u015f lahitler vard\u0131r. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Baz\u0131 mezarlar\u0131n ba\u015f\u0131nda mezarlar\u0131 korudu\u011funa inan\u0131lan ta\u015f heykeller bulunmaktad\u0131r. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Mezarlar genellikle tek ki\u015filik de\u011fil, aile bireylerinin daha sonra defnedilmesi i\u00e7in haz\u0131rlanan \u00fc\u00e7-be\u015f ki\u015filik mezarlar \u015feklindedir. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Mezarl\u0131ktaki mozaiklerde g\u00f6m\u00fclen ki\u015finin ad\u0131, \u00f6l\u00fcm tarihi ve aile resmini g\u00f6steren fig\u00fcrler yer almaktad\u0131r.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4770\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/kizilkoyun4-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" data-lazy-=\"\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/kizilkoyun4-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4770\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Yakla\u015f\u0131k 500 y\u0131ld\u0131r kullan\u0131lan mezarlarda \u00e7e\u015fitli s\u00fcslemeler bulunmaktad\u0131r. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Hristiyan ha\u00e7 kabartmalar\u0131, yer ve duvar mozaikleri, freskler, tavus ku\u015fu, istiridye gibi tasvirler bulunmaktad\u0131r. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Ayn\u0131 zamanda mezarlarda antik d\u00f6neme ait onar\u0131m izlerine de rastlanmaktad\u0131r. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Roma&#8217;n\u0131n Pagan inanc\u0131ndan Hristiyan inanc\u0131na ge\u00e7i\u015finden sonra mezarlar\u0131n Hristiyan k\u00fclt\u00fcr\u00fcne g\u00f6re s\u00fcslendi\u011fi g\u00f6r\u00fclm\u00fc\u015ft\u00fcr. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">MS 525 y\u0131l\u0131nda Roma egemenli\u011fine giren Edessa, b\u00fcy\u00fck bir sel felaketi ya\u015fad\u0131. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Afette binlerce insan \u00f6ld\u00fc ve \u015fehrin binalar\u0131n\u0131n \u00e7o\u011fu hasar g\u00f6rd\u00fc. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Bir yama\u00e7 \u00fczerine kurulmu\u015f olan K\u0131z\u0131lkoyun Nekropol\u00fc&#8217;n\u00fcn yar\u0131s\u0131 toprak alt\u0131nda kalm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Daha sonra Edessa M\u00fcsl\u00fcman Emev\u00eeler taraf\u0131ndan ele ge\u00e7irilmi\u015f ve kaya mezar\u0131 k\u00fclt\u00fcr\u00fc geride kalm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4771\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/kizilkoyun7.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" data-lazy-=\"\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/kizilkoyun7.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4771\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4772\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/kizilkoyun2-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" data-lazy-=\"\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/kizilkoyun2-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4772\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<h5><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Payla\u015fmak<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>K\u0131z\u0131lkoyun Nekropol\u00fc; \u015eanl\u0131urfa ilinde Bal\u0131kl\u0131g\u00f6l yaylas\u0131nda yer almaktad\u0131r. \u00d6l\u00fcler \u015fehri anlam\u0131na gelen nekropol, Roma d\u00f6neminde kullan\u0131lan bir kaya mezarl\u0131\u011f\u0131 alan\u0131d\u0131r. 2 bin 200 y\u0131ll\u0131k ge\u00e7mi\u015fe sahip olan kaya mezarlar\u0131, \u015eanl\u0131urfa B\u00fcy\u00fck\u015fehir Belediyesi taraf\u0131ndan ger\u00e7ekle\u015ftirilen restorasyon \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131n\u0131n ard\u0131ndan turizme kazand\u0131r\u0131ld\u0131. Belediye taraf\u0131ndan y\u00fcr\u00fct\u00fclen 1. ve 2. etap \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131nda toplam 103 adet kaya mezar\u0131 g\u00fcn y\u00fcz\u00fcne \u00e7\u0131kar\u0131ld\u0131. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1068,830,1070,1069,1071],"class_list":["post-1348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-what","tag-edessa-rock-tombs","tag-explorer","tag-kizilkoy-necropolis","tag-places-to-visit","tag-sanliurfa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}