TÜRKÇE

Hakemi Use is located in Southeastern Anatolia, ca. 150km inside the modern Turkish-Syrian border, to 80km east of Çayönü Tepesi; which is one of the significant Neolithic sites of Near East, as the crow flies. The excavations at Hakemi Use have been carried out by a scientific team from Hacettepe University, Ankara under the supervision of the Diyarbakır Museum Directorate within the scope of the Ilısu Dam which is scheduled to be constructed on the Tigris River. The excavations which have started in 2001 couldn't be carried out in 2003 because of bureaucratic problems. The excavations in the settlement are planned to be carried out until the construction of the Ilısu Dam is finished.

Hakemi Use is located within the borders of the Bismil District, of the Province of Diyarbakir. It is to 2km west of Ziyaret Tepe; which is a large-scale mound settlement of the region and is considered to be Tuhsan, the provincial center of Assyria. The site which is being located in the cotton field today is a mound settlement of ca. 120m in diameter and 4m of height. Since the area has been cultivated for many years, the upper layers of the settlement are highly disturbed. Today, agricultural activies are being carried out in the dry river bed of the Tigris which does not flow as wide as it used to be. While the excavations have been carried out in the northern section of the settlement in the 2001, 2002 and 2004 excavation seasons, newly opened trenches in the south are excavated in the 2005 season.