# @cgtneurope on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcHilw9gFL3
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69177499-cgtneurope-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/22843b4f53.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-16T22:31:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

## Caption

For decades, Mehmet Kusman has guarded the ancient Cavustepe fortress in eastern Türkiye while mastering Urartian, a language from a kingdom that vanished thousands of years ago. ⁣
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Now 86, he is one of the few people who can still speak and write it. ⁣
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#Türkiye #Urartian #AncientHistory #Language #CulturalHeritage

## Stats

- **Views:** 14,211
- **Likes:** 440
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 17

## Tags

türkiye, culturalheritage, ancienthistory, urartian, language

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