We Travel to Göbekli Tepe near the Turkish/Syrian Border, for a Homeschool Field Trip Ep48

With Turkey's incursion into Northern Syria, the Turkish/Syrian border is headline news at the moment for all the wrong reasons, but when we visited in July 2019, it was relatively peaceful and safe. We sincerely hope the recent conflict finds a speedy and peaceful outcome because it is a fantastic part of the world with great people - an internationally important cultural and historical area that deserves protection and peace. Known as 'Zero Point in Time' Göbekli Tepe' is the oldest known monument in the world and changes everything we thought we knew about the evolution of civilisation. Only recently unearthed and shrouded in mystery this 'Temple' site has archaeologists baffled. The visitor centre opened only this year but with the conflict in Syria still raging, there were very few western visitors here - in fact we almost had the place to ourselves! We found the Turks friendly, warm and welcoming and enjoyed genuine Turkish hospitality unburdened by the usual trappings associated with western tourist hotspot. The 24 hour bus journey took us form Bodrum to Sanliurfa, one of Turkey's great pilgrimage cities and we dove headlong into Turkish culture and heritage by checking out the local Bazaar, the Sacred Fish Ponds (Gölbasi area) and the new museum complex. It was definitely one of the highlights of our adventures so far that will be difficult to top! Music in this video amongst other tracks is : Out of the Skies, Under the Earth by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/reappear/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ PLEASE NOTE: YouTube have disabled comments on our channel (and other family channels) due to safeguarding issues regarding minors on the YouTube platform. In response, we have enabled comments for these videos on our Patreon page and begun a monthly blogspot called: 'FROM THE COCKPIT' where we respond to comments questions and issues relating to travel and sailing with kids.. and live-aboard life in general. Come join our Patreon family by clicking the links below! ⒸⓄⓃⓃⒺⒸⓉ ▷PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/mothershipadrift Share in our adventure and get bonus material and deeper insights ▷PAYPAL https://paypal.me/Mothershipadrift?locale.x=en_GB Sponsor our videos or help towards visits to places you'd like us to feature! ▷YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/mothershipadrift Maintenance videos and travel blogs from the boat! ▷THIS VIDEO LINK: https://youtu.be/8usup0nul30 Copy and paste this link to share the video! ▷INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/mothershipadrift Photos/videos of the boat, crew, and other sailing characters ▷FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/mothershipadrift Updates, photos, videos and news as it happens! ▷AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/mothershipadriftfamilytravelandsailingblogs Products, spares and items we have on the boat! ▷TWITTER: https://twitter.com/moshipadrift DM's only ▷WEBSITE: https://www.mothershipadrift.com ▷Follow our boat on NOFOREIGNLAND: https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/5858761751134208