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Rift lake in the Taurus Mountains, Turkey
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Lake Hazar
Lake Hazar and pine trees
Lake Hazar is located in TurkeyLake HazarLake Hazar
LocationTaurus Mountains
Coordinates38°29′N 39°25′E / 38.483°N 39.417°E / 38.483; 39.417
Lake typeRift lake
Primary outflowsTigris
Basin countriesTurkey
Max. length22 km (14 mi)
Max. width6 km (3.7 mi)

Lake Hazar (Turkish: Hazar Gölü; Kurdish: Gola Hezarê; Armenian: Ծովք լիճ, romanized: Covk‘ lič) is a rift lake in the Taurus Mountains, 22 km southeast of Elazığ, notable as the source of the Tigris. Formerly known as Lake Geoljuk, the lake was used as an execution site during the Armenian genocide.

Sunken city

Scientists found 4,000-year-old archaeological traces of a city, estimated to have been submerged since 1830, below the lake. Turkey wanted to register this historic 'Sunken City' in eastern Anatolia as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Ebubakar Irmak, mayor of Sivrice, dove into the lake in 2017 and found the remains of churches, walls of a castle, pots, pottery and glazed plates of the citadel with traces of the Seljuk, Byzantine and Ottoman eras. In 2019, amphora tombs were found in the sunken city.

References

  1. Kaiser, Hilmar (2010). "Genocide at the Twilight of the Ottoman Empire". In Bloxham, Donald; Moses, A. Dirk (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Genocide Studies. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-923211-6.
  2. Kinzer, Stephen (10 May 2000). "Turkish Region Recalls Massacre of Armenians". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  3. "Ancient underwater city in Turkey sparks interest". Ancient underwater city in Turkey sparks interest (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  4. "Underwater ancient city in Turkey sparks interest". Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  5. Şafak, Yeni. "Underwater ancient city in Turkey sparks interest". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  6. Amphora tombs found in sunken city
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