Visiting Noah's Ark

this is what they say or the  remains to the Ark of prophet Noah   behind me is Iran. That's the border right  there and I am in eastern Turkey close to the   city called Dogubeyazit and in this video we'll  explore this fascinating ancient part of the world so it's 2 30 p.m and I am on the very eastern  end of Turkey and I’m trying to hitchhike to   this city called Gerbalek because there are no  buses going there. Let's see if this works out so I found some sweet guys who are giving me a ride to the city   and then they just stopped on the  side because we're right next to   mount Ararat which is the biggest mountain  in Turkey and the most famous one for sure not entirely sure what's going on but  looks like we're stopping for fruits here the people in the car, they are this  Kurdish (family) and they brought me to this place   and we had a lot of watermelons. They forced  me to eat watermelons and other fruits   and now the guy in front of me is  showing me where they grow their fruits what's your name? huh? Ahmed. Ahmed. I just came to the border and I was expecting  a little bit of a small town here with   people selling contraband stuff from Iran  but that doesn't seem to be the case because   all I have behind me is the border crossing and  nothing else there and I can't really film there Cops told me not to. So I was trying to hitchhike  back and I couldn't really find a ride because   there's not a lot of cars at the border so I just  found a taxi because it's getting late and I want   to get to Ishak Pasha palace. With me is Saleem.  I met him at the border. He's from Dogubeyazit okay so right now I’m in Ishak Pasha palace  which is probably one of the most important   architectural sites in this whole region. It's a very very interesting place because   it looks like ottoman architecture but  it's also got a lot of Middle Eastern   or especially Iranian influences on it and that's  very evident in the arches and the domes that   you see here. Y ou don't really see that in any  other ottoman palace at least that I’ve been to so the construction of this palace was started  around 1685 by the Kurdish chiefs that ruled   this area and it was finished around a hundred  years later by another Kurdish chief and an   ottoman general named Ishak pasha after whom  this palace was named. It was used for a fort   for a long time after that. During world war one  even the Russians used this as a military fort   and because of that it suffered a lot  of damage from gunfire during the war   and then even after the war up until 1937 this place was still used as a military fort. Right now   it's more of a museum but it's definitely worth  the visit. S o obviously the interior architecture   of the palace is very cool and very unique  but the best view for me is not from inside   but from outside the palace where you can see  the whole palace against the backdrop of this   empty wide landscape of the Middle East and  it looks especially cool during sunset time today I’m gonna go to this... so today I’m  gonna go to the site whose importance is of   biblical proportions but for that I gotta  head over 30 kilometers southeast of the city that way so right now I’m at the visitor center of the  Noah's Ark national park in eastern Turkey right   next to Iran and this place right in front of me  is what a lot of people believe are the remains   of prophet Noah's Ark. So let me tell you the full  story. In 1959 a Turkish army officer was on an   air force reconnaissance mission for NATO in this  part of Turkey and he noticed this structure that   looked very interesting and looked like a ship and for a long time people had sort of believed   that the resting point of Noah's Ark was somewhere  in this region and that's because Christians have   traditionally said that the resting place  of Noah's ark is somewhere in the mountains   of Ararat according to the bible and this place  isn't too far from mount Ararat that we saw at the   start of the video so a lot of people started  doing expeditions here in the 60s and the 70s   to confirm whether this was indeed what they  believed was Noah's ark but then in the 80s   this guy came along named David Fasold who sort of  changed the game. He was a US Merchant Marine   officer and a salvage expert and he came out on  an expedition here. So he brought a radar to look   at what's inside it and he said he found an iron  structure that's about the same size as Noah's ark   was supposed to be in the bible. He also claimed  that the locals around this region called one   of the peaks of these mountains to be al-judi He linked that to mount Judi which according to the   Quran is also supposed to be the resting place of  Noah's ark. Even more interestingly David Fasold   famously found these stones which were these  huge upright stones with holes in them that kind   of look like drogues which are anchors used in  ancient ships and a lot of these stones had been   found in the Mediterranean and the Nile as well  and these were basically stones used as anchors   to sort of keep a ship or arc stable during a  large storm. So after he went on that expedition   he wrote a book called The Ark of Noah  in 1989 which was pretty popular and it   started a lot more expeditions into this area for  people trying to confirm whether this is indeed   Noah's ark or even a ship. So Turkey turned  this place into Noah's Ark National Park   and a lot of people believe this is  indeed the Ark of Prophet Noah but   that's not what everyone believes. That's not  what a lot of geologists believe. That's not even   what a lot of creationists or religious people  believe. They just think it's a scam and this is   probably not a ship and that even if this was a ship this can't be the Ark of prophet Noah because   it's supposed to be somewhere else according to  religious scriptures. Now what do I believe about   all of this? From the little research that I have  seen, I’m gonna go with the geologists who think   that this is just a structure that happens to look  like a ship and it's a very interesting structure   and the landscape around here is pretty cool  so this place is definitely worth a visit   but to me I don't think this is Noah's  ark. If you think otherwise and if I don't   know anything feel free to correct me in the  comments but to me that's probably not a ship   So I am at the Visitor's center with Ahmed and Mehmet. They gave me chai. Think I am gonna head back now okay so the view on the way down from this site is  actually even better than the views on the way up   It's pretty beautiful. So if you like this  video don't forget to hit the like button   if you want to support the channel or if you  just want to see more videos from me from   Turkey, the Middle East and the rest of the  world feel free to subscribe to my channel   If you want to follow my adventures in real  time, feel free to follow me on Instagram    @Nadironthego. That's where I post all real-time  updates as my stories while I’m traveling   I’ll catch you guys on the next one most  probably from somewhere else in Turkey

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Id: 5eiET04e7vw

Length: 10min 6sec (606 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 23 2021