Diyarbakır’s Hilar Inns and the Çayönü Hill are registered as first-degree archaeological sites but they are in danger of becoming no more than a rubbish dump after the departure of the area’s watchmen
Two historical areas in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır are in danger of falling into greater disrepair after three watchmen at the site were forced to leave due to unpaid wages stemming from a budget shortfall.
“The Archaeology Museum Directorate was paying our salary. We had to leave the job because we were not paid for four months,” said one of them, Kadri Yıldırım, who worked at the Hilar Inns and Çayönü Hill area in the province’s Ergani district for four years as a guide, security official and cleaner.
The two historical structures, which were first revealed during excavations in 2006 and opened to tourism, are registered as a first-degree archaeological site but they are open to all dangers. Now, however, the stone gates of some Roman-era rock graves have been broken, while some tombs have been turned into a dumpsite.
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