Friday, May 9

Turkey 2025

Turkey

Date of Issue: 9th May 2025

two stamps (35.- TRY)


The Neolithic City of Çatalhöyük, which witnessed important social changes and developments such as the beginning of agriculture and hunting along with the transition to settled social life, is before us in all its glory. One of the most extraordinary settlements of Anatolia between 7400-6200 BC, Çatalhöyük, located in Çumra, Konya, on an area of ​​approximately 14 hectares, contains many firsts such as the first settlement plan sketch, the first weavings, the first landscape painting, and the mother goddess cult. The stamp design consists of Çatalhöyük excavation site, figures in wall paintings and a pottery with a human face motif.

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