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Hisarcıklıoğlu made the following statement regarding his visit: “Kayseri is counting down the days for Türkiye's first Paleontology Museum. The museum will be an important reference point in the world. I visited the Kayseri Science Center, where laboratory studies of the 7.5 million-year-old fossils found in the Yamula Dam continue. It is simply magnificent and impressive. Prof. Dr. Okşan Başoğlu and Prof. Dr. Pınar Gözlük Kırmızıoğlu, the heads of the excavation committee from Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, gave information about the new 7.5 million-year-old fossils belonging to elephants and hornbills in Kayseri. Prof. Dr. Cesur Pehlevan, a faculty member at Hacıbektaş Veli University, who worked on the excavations, explained the excavation process. The fossils of rhinoceros, elephant, mammoth and giraffe dating back to 7.5 million years ago, found in the Yamula Dam foothills and Barsama region in Kayseri, are being meticulously cleaned and prepared for the museum in the laboratory at Kayseri Science Center. The work is being carried out with the support of Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality. I congratulate Prof. Dr. Okşan Başoğlu, Prof. Dr. Pınar Gözlük Kırmızıoğlu, Prof. Dr. Cesur Pehlevan and all their colleagues in the excavation committee and the Mayor of Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality, Dr. Memduh Büyükkılıç, who has given great support to this important project. Türkiye's only Paleontology Museum, which is under preparation, will hopefully be opened to visitors as soon as possible.”