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DERİNKUYU YER ALTI ŞEHRİ

Kayalara oyulmuş şehir Kapadokya bölgesinin jeolojik oluşumu sayesinde inşa edilmiş sekiz katlı Derinkuyu Yeraltı Şehri, büyük bir topluluğu içinde barındıracak ve ihtiyaçlarını karşılayacak mekânlardan oluşuyor. Bölgede bulunan bir diğer örnek olan Kaymaklı Yeraltı Şehri’nden farklı olarak Derinkuyu’da bir misyonerler okulu, günah çıkartma yeri, vaftiz havuzu ve ilgi çekici bir kuyu da bulunuyor. Derinkuyu’nun ilk yerlileri Asur kolonilerine kadar uzanıyor. II. yüzyılda Roma İmparatorluğu’nun zulmünden kaçan ilk Hıristiyanlar Antakya ve Kayseri üzerinden Kapadokya’ya gelerek buraya yerleşmişler. Bölgedeki yeraltı şehirlerini kuran ilk Hıristiyanlar, girişleri kolayca fark edilemeyecek şekilde yapılmış bu şehirlerde saklanarak Romalı askerlerin zulmünden kurtulabilmişler. Yeraltı şehirlerinde uzun süre dışarı çıkmadan yaşamak zorunda kalabilecekleri için erzak depoları, havalandırma bacaları, şarap imalathaneleri, kiliseler, manastırlar, su kuyuları, tuvaletler ve toplantı odaları yaparak alanlarını genişletmişler. Birbirine bağlı odalardan oluşan bu şehirlerde bazı odalar ancak bir insanın geçebileceği kadar dar tünellerle birbirine bağlanıyor. Tünellerin giriş çıkışlarında güvenlik nedeniyle tüneli kapatmak için kullanılan büyük taş silindirler var. 

העיר התת-קרקעית בדרינקויו )תורכיה(

In 1963, an inhabitant of Derinkuyu )in the region of Capadocia, central Anatolia, Turkey(, was demolishing a wall of his house-cave, and

discovered astonished that behind the wall was a mysterious room that never had been seen; this

room took to another one, and this one to another one and another one…

By chance the underground city of Derinkuyu was discovered, whose first level could be excavated by

the Hitites around year 1400 a.C.

העיר התת-קרקעית התגלתה במקרה ע"י תושב הכפר הקפדוקי שרצה להרחיב את בית-המערה שלו וגילה

מערכת ענקית של חדרים. התברר שמדובר בעיר לפני 1400תת-קרקעית שלמה שנבנתה )נחצבה( כנראה ב .הספירה, ע"י החיתים שישבו באיזור

• The archaeologists began to study this fascinating underground city. They were able to arrive at forty meters of depth, although guesses are that the bottom is as far down as 85 meters!

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• At present 20 underground levels have been discovered. Only eight levels can be visited however; the others are partially

obstructed or reserved for the archaeologists and anthropologists, who study Derinkuyu.

מטר 85החקירה הארכיאולוגית גילתה שהעיר משתרעת עד עומק של •מתחת לפני הקרקע.

קומות, השאר חסומות או שהן עדיין נשמרות 20כיום ניתן לבקר רק ב•להמשך מחקר.

• The city was used for shelter by thousands of people who lived in the caves to protect themselves for the frequent invasions that Capadocia underwent, at the diverse times of their occupation, and also by the first Christians.

• The enemies, conscious of the dangers that lie hidden inside the city, generally tried to flush the people to the surface by poisoning their wells.

העיר שמשה מגורים והגנה בזמן מלחמה לכעשרת אלפים תושבים •וכמו כן כמסתור לנוצרים הראשונים מפני השלטון הרומי האלילי.

אויבים ניסו בד"כ להציף את המערות או להרעיל את מקורות המים •שלהם.

• The interior is amazing: the underground passages of Derinkuyu )in which there is space for at least 10,000 people( could be blocked in three strategically important points by moving circular stone doors.

• These heavy rocks that closed the corridor prevented the entrance of the enemies. They were 1 to 1.5 meters in height, about 50 centimeters in width and a weight of up to 500 Kilos.

• בכמה נקודות אסטרטגיות ניתן היה לסגור את המעבר ע"י דיסקוס ס"מ. משקל דלת 50 מטר ובעובי של 1-1.5אבן כבד )"גולל"( בקוטר

.כזו הגיע לחצי טון

• In the image it is shown how the circular stone door closed the corridor, having isolated the inhabitants solidly.

• In addition, Derinkuyu has a tunnel of almost 8

kilometers in length that leads to another underground city of

Capadocia, Kaymakli.

בנוסף התגלתה מנהרה קילומטר 8באורך של

שמובילה לעיר תת קרקעית נוספת –

.קיימאקלי

• Of the underground cities of this zone, the Greek

historian Jenofonte spoke. In his work Anabasis. He explained that the people who lived in Anatolia had excavated their houses

under the earth and lived sufficiently in great lodgings

for the entire family, his domestic animals and the food provisions that were

stored.

• In the reclaimed levels stables have been located, dining rooms, a church )of 20 by 9 meters, with a ceiling of more than three meters of height(, kitchens )still blackened by the soot of bonfires that ignited to cook(, presses for the wine and the oil, warehouses, places of feeding, a school, numerous rooms and even a bar.

בין המערות שנחקרו, נמצאו אורוות לבע"ח, חדרי מטרים וגובה 9אוכל, אולם כנסיה בשטח של על

מ', מטבחים שעדיין מפוייחים , יקבים 3תקרה של ליין, בתי-בד, חנויות, בית-ספר , מספר גדול של .חדרי מגורים ואפילו בית-מרזח

• The city benefitted from the existence of an

underground river; it had water wells and a

magnificent exhaust fan )52 wells of ventilation were discovered( that

astonishes engineers of the present time.

מקור המים של העיר היה נחל .תת-קרקעי וכן בארות רבות

התגלתה מערכת מתוחכמת פירים לאיוורור 52עם

שמדהימה מהנדסים בני .ימינו

The End

Translation:Prema

עברית: דבון

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