A seminar titled “Finding the tomb of Suleiman the Magnificent” took place at the Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) organized by the Cyprus Policy Center (CPC). The seminar that commenced with the opening speech of EMU Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Political Science and International Relations Chair and EMU-CPC Director Prof. Dr. Ahmet Sözen was delivered by Norbert Pap. Norbert Pap is an academic staff member of Hungary’s University of Pécs and the person who found Suleiman the Magnificent’s lost tomb.
During the seminar Prof. Dr. Pap spoke about the collaboration between the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) and the University of Pécs which aimed to find Suleiman the Magnificent’s lost tomb, the joint work carried out, methods used and the results of the collaboration. Prof. Dr. Pap indicated that Turkish and Hungarian state archives, abstracts of titles and notes of travelers were scanned as well as German, French, Croatian, Austrian and Italian archives.
Prof. Dr. Pap stated that a group comprising of Turkish and Hungarian scientists found the place where Suleiman the Magnificent’s interior organs were buried in 2015 and the mosque that was made by one of the Ottoman’s important viziers Sokollu Mehmed Pasha and the remains of a dervish lodge next to in 2016. Prof. Dr. Pap indicated that structures found during excavations on the site matched those in a map dating back to 1689 and that this eliminated all doubts about the dervish lodge. Noting that the Ottoman site that was found will contribute to relations between Turkey and Hungary in terms of culture and tourism Prof. Dr. Pap showed a 3D animation of the site at the end of his talk.