AdvertisementIn Southeast Turkey, A Long History Of Bloodshed And WorshipOctober 24, 2014Peter KenyonfacebookEmailThe site at Gobekli Tepe, or "Potbelly Hill," on the Urfa plain in southeastern Turkey is believed by some to be the world's first place of worship. This would upend the conventional thought that religion developed as a byproduct of human settlements. (National Geographic Society/Corbis)