Similar structures have appeared around the world since late 2020.
Turkish police guard a metal monolith found in southeastern Turkey.
Screenshot from a video uploaded Feb. 6, 2021. Photo by YOUTUBE/TRT.
Al-Monitor Staff
Feb 8, 2021
A metal monolith has appeared in southeastern Turkey. Similar mysterious structures grabbed headlines across the world late last year.
The pillar stands at 3 meters (9.8 feet) tall and 1 meter (3.2 feet) wide. It is located at the Gobeklitepe archaeological site in the southeastern Anatolia region near the Syrian border. The authorities are currently investigating where it came from and have yet to find out its origin, the state-run Anadolu News Agency reported on Sunday.
Gobeklitepe is an an ancient temple recognized by the United Nations as a World Heritage Site.
The structure’s appearance follows similar instances around the world. In November, a large, metallic, column-like structure appeared in the desert in the southwestern American state of Utah and then disappeared. Days later, a similar structure appeared in California. A metallic monolith also showed up in Romania in eastern Europe days after the Utah one and then vanished.
Other structures reportedly popped up later in Iran, Morocco and numerous other countries.
The origin of the first Utah monolith are still unknown. A group of local men later came forward and said they removed the structure. Details surrounding the Romanian monolith are also still unclear. Other monoliths have been made by artists inspired by the original, and some have been removed by the authorities. The phenomenon has led to unfounded theories that aliens placed the monoliths on earth.
The Turkish monolith is engraved with a phrase that translates to, “Look at the sky if you want to see the moon.” It is written in Old Turkic script, according to Anadolu. This alphabet predates the Latin-based alphabet utilized by modern Turkish.
Update: Feb. 9, 2020. Anadolu reported on Tuesday that the structure has disappeared from its location in Gobeklitepe. Photos showed the monolith was under police guard before it was removed. It joins other monoliths that have appeared and then vanished.
Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021/02/metal-monolith-structure-gobeklitepe-turkey-utah-column.html#ixzz6m2l3DFdx
Mystery of Turkey’s monolith is solved
By Tamar Lapin
February 9, 2021
A monolith that mysteriously appeared in Turkey before vanishing on Tuesday turned out to be a publicity stunt tied to the country’s newly-announced space program.
The 10-foot metal slab inscribed with the phrase “Look at the sky, you will see the moon” in ancient Turkish script was discovered Friday by a farmer in the Sanliurfa province.
By Tuesday morning, the shimmering structure had disappeared, puzzling locals.
“We don’t know if it was placed on my field for marketing purposes or as an advertisement,” farmer Fuat Demirdil told the state-run Anadolu Agency.
“Residents cannot solve the mystery of the metal block,” he added.
But the enigma was solved later in the day, when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan projected an image of the monolith on a screen as he announced the country’s new space program.
“I now present to you Turkey’s 10-year vision, strategy and aims and I say: ‘look at the sky, you will see the moon,’” Erdogan said during a televised event.
Turkish police officers standing near the recently discovered monolith in Sanliurfa on February 7, 2021.Bekir Seyhanli/IHA via AP
Erdogan’s use of the structure and of the phrase inscribed on it during his announcement made it clear that the monolith’s appearance had been part of a gimmick.
It was just the latest in a series of recent incidents where similar structures appeared and disappeared in numerous countries.
With Post wires
Al-Monitor Staff
Feb 8, 2021
A metal monolith has appeared in southeastern Turkey. Similar mysterious structures grabbed headlines across the world late last year.
The pillar stands at 3 meters (9.8 feet) tall and 1 meter (3.2 feet) wide. It is located at the Gobeklitepe archaeological site in the southeastern Anatolia region near the Syrian border. The authorities are currently investigating where it came from and have yet to find out its origin, the state-run Anadolu News Agency reported on Sunday.
Gobeklitepe is an an ancient temple recognized by the United Nations as a World Heritage Site.
The structure’s appearance follows similar instances around the world. In November, a large, metallic, column-like structure appeared in the desert in the southwestern American state of Utah and then disappeared. Days later, a similar structure appeared in California. A metallic monolith also showed up in Romania in eastern Europe days after the Utah one and then vanished.
Other structures reportedly popped up later in Iran, Morocco and numerous other countries.
The origin of the first Utah monolith are still unknown. A group of local men later came forward and said they removed the structure. Details surrounding the Romanian monolith are also still unclear. Other monoliths have been made by artists inspired by the original, and some have been removed by the authorities. The phenomenon has led to unfounded theories that aliens placed the monoliths on earth.
The Turkish monolith is engraved with a phrase that translates to, “Look at the sky if you want to see the moon.” It is written in Old Turkic script, according to Anadolu. This alphabet predates the Latin-based alphabet utilized by modern Turkish.
Update: Feb. 9, 2020. Anadolu reported on Tuesday that the structure has disappeared from its location in Gobeklitepe. Photos showed the monolith was under police guard before it was removed. It joins other monoliths that have appeared and then vanished.
Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021/02/metal-monolith-structure-gobeklitepe-turkey-utah-column.html#ixzz6m2l3DFdx
Mystery of Turkey’s monolith is solved
By Tamar Lapin
February 9, 2021
A monolith that mysteriously appeared in Turkey before vanishing on Tuesday turned out to be a publicity stunt tied to the country’s newly-announced space program.
The 10-foot metal slab inscribed with the phrase “Look at the sky, you will see the moon” in ancient Turkish script was discovered Friday by a farmer in the Sanliurfa province.
By Tuesday morning, the shimmering structure had disappeared, puzzling locals.
“We don’t know if it was placed on my field for marketing purposes or as an advertisement,” farmer Fuat Demirdil told the state-run Anadolu Agency.
“Residents cannot solve the mystery of the metal block,” he added.
But the enigma was solved later in the day, when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan projected an image of the monolith on a screen as he announced the country’s new space program.
“I now present to you Turkey’s 10-year vision, strategy and aims and I say: ‘look at the sky, you will see the moon,’” Erdogan said during a televised event.
Erdogan’s use of the structure and of the phrase inscribed on it during his announcement made it clear that the monolith’s appearance had been part of a gimmick.
It was just the latest in a series of recent incidents where similar structures appeared and disappeared in numerous countries.
With Post wires
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