^{#smrgKİTABEVİ} A Last Look at History: Belkıs Zeugma, Halfeti, Rumkale - 2000

The waters of the Euphrates carved the land and the rocks.
The river built barriers long before mankind
Began its endless migration over Anatolia.
Then mankind crossed the Euphrates at Zeugma
But never attempted to hinder its flow.
Zeugma was one of the most important bridgeheads
A crossroads for the civilizations of East and West.
Civilization came to Zeugma
And the civilization destroyed Zeugma.
Unaffected, the Euphrates flowed on and on and
Nature embraced and hid Zeugma.
Time came to harness the Euphrates
Time came to change nature.
And nature's anger buried Zeugma forever.