{"id":281856,"date":"2026-01-23T11:32:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=281856"},"modified":"2026-01-23T11:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:34:43","slug":"fertile-crescent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/fertile-crescent\/","title":{"rendered":"Fertile Crescent"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The fertile land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, stretching from Diyarbakir to the Zagros Mountains and Palestine \u201cFertile Crescent\u201d<\/strong> It is called.<\/p>\n

It was from here that the sun was first born, and it was in these lands that humanity began neighborliness and solidarity.<\/p>\n

Wheat became bread for the first time here. Sheep and goats were first domesticated here. The first cities and temples were built here.<\/p>\n

The first writing was done here, and minstrels sang their most beautiful folk songs here. Ferhat and Shirin, Leyla and Majnun came to life here.<\/p>\n

Adam and Eve lived here, Prophet Noah built his ark here, Halil Ibrahim, who built the Kaaba, left here.<\/p>\n

In these lands, fertility was in the fields, vineyards, gardens and mountains.
\nThe abundance was in color, language and faith. Seventy-two languages were in this fertile crescent.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

As the poet said;<\/p>\n

\u201cBread would have been enough for everyone.<\/em>
\nCrows in the fields, rats in the barn, thieves in the bakery, and haramis in the country.<\/em>
\nThey did not leave as they came.<\/em>
\nSome left their dogs, some their lice, some their bastards.<\/em>
\nOtherwise, it is not possible for such bastards to be among us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Fertile Crescent is no longer visible through the smoke of artillery shells.
\nThere is no smoke in their ruined homeland.
\nThe voice of the partridge, the breath of the gazelle, every color of the tulip is no longer alive.
\nThe ancient peoples who founded the civilizations of Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, Assyria, Akkad, Chaldea, Elam, Urartu, Hittites, Medes and many more are absent.
\nThere are no bazaars where Kermanshah woven al sash and rosary beads are sold.
\nNow there are guns, bullets, death and tears in the market.
\nToday, the Fertile Crescent is barren, loveless, orphaned and crying for blood.
\nThe screams of children and mothers are heartbreaking.
\nTigris and Euphrates became tears for the Fertile Crescent.
\nHere, death is sacred, not living!<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Ahmet Arif wrote like this;<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been milked for thousands of years,<\/em>
\nThey tore him to pieces with their fearsome horsemen<\/em>
\nMy gentle, early-morning slumbers<\/em>
\nMonarchs, aggressors, bandits,<\/em>
\nThey extorted me.<\/em>
\nWhat a Alexander I'm wearing,<\/em>
\nNeither king nor sultan<\/em>
\nThey have passed away, shadowless!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

For thousands of years, the peoples living in this geography have not seen peace.
\nThey were forced into massacres, genocides and migrations.
\nChildren, elderly and pregnant women were brutally murdered.
\nTheir language, faith and culture were not respected.
\nBut our children carry in their hearts the legacy left to us by ancient rights.
\nAnd their hearts will be free in color, language and belief in this geography.
\nWe will see together...<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Fertile Crescent is no longer visible through the smoke of artillery shells. No smoke smokes in their ruined homeland.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":281857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[286],"tags":[289],"class_list":{"0":"post-281856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-yazarlar","8":"tag-manset"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281856"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281860,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281856\/revisions\/281860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}