'Marmaray and metro archaeological findings may take Istanbul's history back 6,500 years'

ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News

The excavations prompted by projects in Istanbul's historic peninsula led to discoveries that take the city's known history back 6,500 years. 'Istanbul’s history was known to date back 2,600 years. But we found foot prints from 8,000 years ago' says Zeynep Kızıltan, the director of Istanbul Archaeological Museums

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Since 2004, but particularly since 2009, the scientific world has turned its attention to the excavations conducted in the heart of Istanbul, according to Zeynep Kızıltan. DAILY NEWS photo, Emrah Gürel

Barçın Yinançbarcin.yinanc@hurriyet.com.tr

One unintended consequence of the Marmaray and metro, the two highly controversial megaprojects, has been the archaeological excavations that led to groundbreaking discoveries about Istanbul’s history. 

The discovery of a Neolithic settlement in Yenikapı, where the two projects intersected, pushed Istanbul’s known history back to 8,500 years ago.

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