The Çatalhöyük Visitor Center opened in Konya, which is home to the ancient settlement Çatalhöyük, one of the world's best-preserved Neolithic settlements ever discovered.
During the inauguration ceremony held on Tuesday, Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy underscored Çatalhöyük's significance as one of Turkey's and the world's major archaeological gems, now officially designated on the UNESCO World Heritage List. He emphasized the profound historical importance of Çatalhöyük, likening it to Göbeklitepe, and emphasized its pivotal role as a crucial settlement contributing to the comprehensive understanding of the foundations of civilization spanning millennia.
The visitor center, strategically located within the Third-Degree Archaeological Conservation Site area, occupies a vast expanse of 28,500 square meters (17.71 square miles) of land owned by the Konya Metropolitan Municipality.
