Dorak is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Mustafakemalpaşa, Bursa Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 135 (2022).[2]
Dorak | |
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  Dorak Location in Turkey  Dorak Dorak (Marmara) | |
| Coordinates: 40°06′04″N 28°35′02″E / 40.101°N 28.584°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Bursa |
| District | Mustafakemalpaşa |
| Population (2022) | 135 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Dorak is in northern Turkey, south of Lake Uluabat (also called lake Apaolyont, Turkish: Ulubat Gölü), 25 miles west of Bursa, approximately 20 miles south of the Sea of Marmara.
Dorak is the supposed origin of drawings of burial artifacts of the Yortan culture[3] made by British archaeologist James Mellaart (known for his discovery of the Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük), taken by unknown person/s from shallow graves nearby during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–22. Mellaart was the focus of the Dorak affair, a scandal concerning an unseen and undocumented group of antiquities, which took place in the 1950s and 1960s in Turkey. Mellaart was expelled from Turkey for suspicion of involvement with the antiquities black market.
References
edit- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Kiamil, T. "The Yortan culture within the early Bronze Age of Western Anatolia (1980)". UCL home » Library Services » Electronic resources » UCL Discovery. University College of London. Retrieved 15 March 2019.