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“Journey from Fence Guard to Healing Source”

 

‘First you will eat bread, then you will drink water’ (ninda-an ezzateni watarra ekutteni) Czech-born German Assyriologist Bedřich Hrozný After the death of German Assyriologist Hugo Winckler, who started the first official excavations in Boğazköy in 1906, Hrozný was sent to Istanbul in 1913 by the German Oriental Studies Institution (Deutsche Orient Gesellschaft) in Berlin to examine approximately 10,400 tablets that Winckler found during his excavations and that were in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum. Although he could not stay in Istanbul for long due to the war, he took the key to Ancient Anatolia in his pocket when he returned to his country. With the sentence he deciphered above, he was also lifting the veil of almost five thousand years of Anatolian history by deciphering the language of our distant relatives. There was another interesting point here; Hittite was in the Indo-European language group. Hittite research and archaeological excavations are starting rapidly. The Hittite major cities are Hattusa, Arinna, Ankuva, Kültepe, Zalpa, Nerik, Hama and Carchemish. This late Hittite city, which is on our border with Syria, is being brought to light with the ongoing archaeological excavations these days. As Carchemish is excavated, the history of Anatolian agriculture and the historical depth of the Antep Oğuzeli pomegranate will come to light. If you are craving a pomegranate in London, you can buy it by the piece. Don't let this upset you, our distant relatives the Hittites also bought it by the piece. The word lurnum, which is used to mean pomegranate, is only mentioned in 2 Hittite Kültepe tablets. In the expense list of the first Kültepe tablet, 210 pomegranates equal 1 shegel. 1 shegel is 12.4 gr of silver, 1 gr of silver is 6.57 TL, and 1 pomegranate is 38 kuruş. The second tablet reads as follows; “10 prikammum fabric, 1 biltum wool, 2 saddles, 80 pomegranates, 10 mina olive oil, (one) saptinnum, (one) nibrarum fabric, 2 tulle from Zalpa, 2 donkeys and their harnesses, I gave all these to Assur-immitti…” (1) This ancient information is the most concrete evidence that food prices are always increasing.

What is interesting for us is the ancient city of Karkamış, Queen Kubaba of Karkamış. Queen Kubaba of Karkamış (Sumerian Goddess), who combed her hair every morning with a pomegranate in one hand and a mirror in the other, could not have known that she would later turn into the mother goddess of Anatolia, Cybele. She could not have known that the pomegranate in her hand would be placed in the dowry chests of the brides; it would be the symbol of abundance and fertility. She could not have known that the pomegranate in her hand would be a geographical indication. She could not have known that the pomegranate in her hand would be the greatest evidence that the source of the products with geographical indications was Anatolia.
 

Pomegranate is grown in many countries of the world and is a symbol of abundance and prosperity. But pomegranate is a fruit that suits Anatolia the most. Pomegranate is also the one that is broken on the wall of the house to bring abundance and well-being to the house, from the dowries of the brides. The most striking of the pomegranates that grow in many regions of Turkey and have different varieties and aromas is the Antep Oğuzeli pomegranate. Pomegranate is a fruit that has serious production along the entire Mediterranean, Aegean coasts and in our Southeastern region. Pomegranate, with its five thousand years of history of being cultivated, is also known as the Carthage (Phoenician) apple. Today, pomegranate, which is cultivated in many countries of the world, is the largest producer in the world; India, Iran, China and Turkey. With the interest of the markets in pomegranate, which is an antioxidant source; Our country, which has made a serious production leap since the 2000s, is an exporter in this field with its 43 registered varieties of pomegranate.

 

Pomegranate, whose origin is based on Iran, has been grown in these lands for five thousand years. Pomegranate, which spread to the world via caravan routes from here, has been scientifically studied as; With its antioxidants, polyphenolic substances and vitamin C content, it is now in the functional food group. Our pomegranate varieties, which were guards during the Republic period, increased rapidly in production in the 2000s with their effects on health and the increase in healthy living awareness. Pomegranate, which was previously an exotic fruit, is now the most popular fruit in the world, especially with its fruit and juice. Today, pomegranate roots, trunks, barks, flowers, leaves and fruit seeds are used medically and industrially. In addition to being consumed as a fruit in the food industry, pomegranate is also used as a colorant and sweetener in fruit juice, tea, liqueur, wine, jelly, cocktail, ice cream, soup, pudding, marmalade, salad dressing, pomegranate syrup, syrup, candy and beverages. Pomegranate is also the main raw material of the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry with its antioxidant properties. Antep Oğuzeli Pomegranate, which has a thin skin and a pinkish color; With this increasing interest, the number of gardens increases every year and 10 thousand tons of production is made annually.