Restoration efforts are underway at the Seljuk Square Cemetery in Ahlat, Bitlis, the world’s largest Turkish-Islamic cemetery, to repair damage inflicted during World War I. The cemetery, which was once bisected by a road used as the Ahlat-Tatvan route during the war, is being meticulously restored under the direction of Dr. Mehmet Kulaz from Van Yüzüncü Yıl University’s Art History Department. The restoration work focuses on repairing chamber tombs with sarcophagi, testicles, and akıt that were damaged by the 470-meter-long road, aiming to erase the scars left by the conflict and restore the cemetery’s historical integrity.
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