August
2024

2024 excavation season at Sinekkaya Cave has ended

The excavations we carried out at Sinekkaya Cave in 2024 have ended as of today. 

We would like to thank Orhaneli Municipality and Beyce Women's Cooperative and Bursa Governorship Investment Monitoring and Coordination Directorate Manager Özlem Medeni for supporting us during our research. 

We would also like to thank Orhaneli District Gendarmerie Command, which is closely interested in our work and makes great efforts to protect Sinekkaya Cave.

We would like to thank Ardahan University Research Assistant Dr. Göknur Karahan; Istanbul University students Aleyna Bekçi, Ayşe Sena Akman, Beyza Nur Çapar, Büşra Kılıçtaş, Elif Çağla Doğu, Ezgi Takcı, Sude Nur Dilmen, Yaren Naz Arslan, Zeynep İçel, Zeynep Ruveyda Arslan; Kırşehir Ahi Evran University students Canan Ravza Yaşar, Dilber Sağdıç Göçer; and Yıldız Technical University student Özlem Kaya. 


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