THE LAND AND CITY OF TARHUNTAŠŠA GEODETIC RESEARCHES AROUND IT

The Hittite Civilization has an important place in the Anatolian Civilization. The Hittites are known as the first Indo-European society, which have founded a state. Tarhuntassa region was under the hegemony of the Hittites, and this region is very important for the history of the Hittites. We have tried in our studies to localize the region and the center city of it, which is Tarhuntassa. These works have caused to new discussion about this problem. We have done surveys in this area in many years and think that our evaluations can enlighten some of the problems about the localization. Our researches lead to that in 1994 an important monument and site dating to the aforementioned period were discovered at Hatip village in Meram-Konya. The results of these studies are important both for regional history and for the history of Anatolia. The outcomes are dated to the end of the Hittite Empire period. The findings show that the Hittites, with the weakening of the center in the Central Anatolia, tried to “survive” in the south towards to the Taurus Mountains. We discovered at here a new king who was not mentioned in any Hittite sources before. This king’s name was Kurunta and with his emergence, new points of view about the monuments in the region have appeared. Therefore other monuments which are located in