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The ancient Latmos Mountains in western Turkey is now called Beşparmak-Dağları. It is located in what is now western Turkey near the famous ancient cities of Miletus, Priene, Ephesus and Didiyma. The landscape of this mountain has been attracting the prehistory the viewer into its spell, of which there are many visible traces from almost every era. One can even say that has developed its own, heavily influenced by the culture in the mountains Latmos over the centuries. The most important archaeological discoveries in Latmos are the first prehistoric rock art of Asia Minor, a hethithische hieroglyphic inscription, the only example of a spared by later superstructure remained predecessor settlement, including well-preserved successors city, an ancient paved road network, ancient quarries, where you watch all the work steps from the mountain to the column can and numerous monuments from the Byzantine period, such as monasteries, castles and frescoes. But the landscape of the mountains can keep up with their seemingly exoplanetisch weathering and impressive forests, rocks and villages with ancient relics all along ... you fascinated by the people so that the Latmos long been considered sacred.

In Latmos is a long-time mining feldspar. The Feldspatabbau has increased dramatically in the last decade. The quarries have been extended so that it no longer are whole villages, historical sites are under serious threat, shrink the largest pine forests of Turkey and the Laban basics (bees and livestock and pine nut harvest) and health (particulate matter) of the population are at risk.
This horror, the need to spread the quarries for humans and the landscape despite detailed protests be stopped.
When they turned to the Agency for Nature Conservation and National Parks , this was a petition. First it was the petition would need 30,000 signatures. As it turned out that no signature number was given of course that was a shock.

For a long time it looked as if the petition would reach more than 10,000. She is now at 40,000 but the reaction of the Ministry is not clear.
The petition to stop now! Just because they could not be filed due to the complicated political situation in Turkey it continues. So it is the last chance.

In the mountain village of Karakaya, where the largest quarries that Polat quarries raging, the population can no longer really no dust mask out of the house.

In order for this fairytale landscape does not end as a white stone desert, we are dependent on each signature!

The prehistoric rock paintings of Latmos are very different from all other rock art. They mainly provide depicts scenes from family life. Scenes of hunting or everyday work entirely absent. The depictions usually show groups of several people.

The rock art of the erstentdeckte Göktepe rock art and probably shows a kind of fertility festival.

The rock art of Karadere stands out from all other rock art. Instead of the usual family scenes here shows a group of men with clenched fists and flexed arms. These were interpreted as personifications of the summit, the third man of the left, which stands out for its size, has been interpreted as the highest peak or weather god. An interpretation of Zeromonie as rain Please also not be ruled out. Then this person would be a shaman or something similar.

odd about the Latmischen rock art, which usually has schematic diagrams is that people wear a T-shaped headdress. This was interpreted as a ram's horns, or the like.
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For many centuries, the Latmos was a sacred mountain. The earliest evidence of His Holiness delivers a found on the east side of the mountain ancient temple that was dedicated to Zeus Akraios (to Zeus on the mountaintop).

Furthermore, in the Life of Saint Paulos the Younger, the most famous of Latmos Saints, reported an Bittprozession of Miletus, who rose to the mountain top to erfliehen to rain. (In Christian times was at the summit just a cross erected, so the place was still sacred, but now Christian.)

The earliest possible relic of the cult date from the Neolithic period: The prehistoric rock art. Although most pictures family celebrations o. Ä. Represented, but the image of Karadere shows more of a ceremony.

In addition to Zeus was worshiped in Latmos in antiquity and the indigenous mountain god Endymion. According to legend, he was a solitary shepherd boy when he was sleeping one night in one of the many caves of Latmos, was seen by the moon goddess Selene, the daraufhi fell in love. They asked for him by Zeus eternal sleep and rose every night down to him. According to legend, Endymion would still rest in one of the caves of the mountains.
Anyone who has ever night, saw the mountains best at full moon, in thunderstorm (unfortunately I do not), who knows why the mountains galdt as sacred. Even at aufziehendem leichtn rain or simply wrapped in clouds affects the mountain with its 1375 m. high peaks (Tekerlek Dağı) threatening.

Except the menacing mystical vision of the mountains, was especially the unusual shape of the summit in the sanctity of the mountain. The Tekerlek Dağı looks like a hingeworfener stone. From a plateau of riesege boulders in elevation. The climb is very schweer and you have one through a tunnel and a few times climbing.

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