Sirnak
Surrounded by high mountains, Sirnak is a new and small province of Turkey in Eastern Anatolia, and was once a town of Hakkari province. The Habur border gate with Iraq is here on the road which is one of Turkey’s main links to Middle Eastern countries. It is believed that the settlement was originally called "Sehr-i Nuh" (the city of Noah) since it was near Cudi Mountain where Noah’s Arc finally landed after the Flood (see Ararat). The original name later transformed into "Sernah". During the Guti Empire reigned in the region, a special inscription style called "civi zend" was invented. Mount Cudi, surrounded by other mountains to the east and northeast and plains to the west and southwest has a unique place in history. It is the mountain on which Noah’s Arc is believed to land. One of its peaks over 2000 meters is "Noah’s Visit". (Some locals believe that Noah landed on Cudi mountain instead of Ararat).