Sigh... I sort of lost interest when Klaus Schmidt died... even though I disagreed with some of his analysis, I respected his archaeological integrity. From what you say, I presume excavation has been curtailed or stopped; can't have loud mouthed New Yorkers / Americans stumbling over pristine artifacts in situ. Turkey is in need of new sources of revenue so tourism is more welcome.
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There is still Nevalı Çori {9th and/or 10th millennium BC}; maybe the Turks have not upset it yet. They could rent it as housing to the Kurds...
The part of the site he excavated is apparently a small fraction. Geophys technology suggests the site is spread out under quite a number of visible lumps, but none of these is likely to be excavated now, for another 40-50 years. It took something like 30 years for the dig at Catal Huyuk to resume.