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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 13 March 2020)
All's well that ends well.
Prof. Dr. Reyhan Körpe, who has been conducting field studies for
years on the Gallipoli peninsula, experienced an interesting incident
last summer. While researching the Coela antique city, an important
center in Roman times, a shack in the middle of a field caught the
attention of Dr. Körpe's team.
Team members went to the shack and found its door open so they went
in and were shocked to find an enormous hole with a ladder in it.
Shortly after, they saw a 'defineci' (treasure hunter) on the ladder holding
a lamp so they alerted the Gendarmerie. The 'defineci' claimed that he
was digging a well (!) but was charged nevertheless, since his
excavation was right in the middle of the Coela antique city and
included a tunnel. It is still unclear whether the treasure hunters
found any loot.
The Romans knew good real estate when the saw it.
Dr. Körpe noted that "the antique ruins here have attracted treasure
hunters in the vicinity for years. Ultimately, the area was designated
as a 3rd degree archeological site and placed under protection." Coela
was established by the Romans in the first century A.D. and although
it is mentioned in ancient sources, its precise location has still not been
discovered. The agreed-upon wisdom is that it was located near the
current village of Kilye.
According to Dr. Körpe, "the Coela city site has yet to be found. Field
studies have focused on an area 3 kilometers in back of Kilye village,
where a large amount of archeological remnants have been found on
the slopes of a low hill. It is the first and only antique settlement with
provincial capital status from Roman times discovered so far."
Coela lasted until the seventh century and the only remaining remnants
are fortress towers in Kilye.
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