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title: "Self-taught Turkish linguist preserves ancient language"
description: "Both outlets highlighted the story of Mehmet Kusman, a self-taught Turkish individual who is preserving an ancient language through his study of inscriptions. The excerpts are nearly identical, with Arab News Pakistan including a slightly longer quote from the inscription. Otherwise, the framing and emphasis are consistent across the two outlets."
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# Self-taught Turkish linguist preserves ancient language

entertainment · latest filing 10 Aug 2026, 10:19 AM PKT · 10 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Both outlets highlighted the story of Mehmet Kusman, a self-taught Turkish individual who is preserving an ancient language through his study of inscriptions. The excerpts are nearly identical, with Arab News Pakistan including a slightly longer quote from the inscription. Otherwise, the framing and emphasis are consistent across the two outlets.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **24 News HD** — [Self-taught Turkish 'linguist' keeps dead language alive](https://www.24newshd.tv/10-Aug-2026/self-taught-turkish-linguist-keeps-dead-language-alive) · 10 Aug 2026, 10:19 AM PKT
  > Mehmet Kusman did not spend very long at school, but he traced the ancient inscriptions chiselled into the black basalt rock and read: "Before me there was nothing.
- **Arab News Pakistan** — [Self-taught Turkish ‘linguist’ keeps dead language alive](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2654050/world) · 10 Aug 2026, 7:08 AM PKT · 89% identical wording to the newest filing
  > CAVUSTEPE, Turkiye: Mehmet Kusman did not spend very long at school, but he traced the ancient inscriptions chiselled into the black basalt rock and read: “Before me there was nothing. But by the power of the god Haldi I founded this city.” Kusman, 86, has dedicated his life to the fortress of Cavustepe in eastern Turkiye, and to learning the language of the vanished kingdom of Urartu, to honor...

2 articles from 2 outlets, 10 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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