Tahribat Sergisi

Located within the Istanbul province, this four hundred thousand year old cave is left completely unprotected. This is the oldest recorded settlement site in Turkey. It was used as a church during the Byzantine era. Today the ever-growing Altinsehir Township is creeping in on it. Once even used a film production set, this cave is filled with poke marks left by fortune seekers and also bears the scars of pneumatic drilling equipment used by unauthorized excavators.

Yarimburgaz Cave	(Istanbul/Kucukcekmece/Altinsehir)

Located within the Istanbul province, this four hundred thousand year old cave is left completely unprotected. This is the oldest recorded settlement site in Turkey. It was used as a church during the Byzantine era. Today the ever-growing Altinsehir Township is creeping in on it. Once even used a film production set, this cave is filled with poke marks left by fortune seekers and also bears the scars of pneumatic drilling equipment used by unauthorized excavators.