Dr. Mehmet Salih Bayraktutan is a faculty member at Igdir University's Geotechnical Engineering Department in Igdir Turkey. He formerly worked on geotechnical projects with industrial oil/energy firms and was a faculty member at Erzurum University where he had cognizance over geological studies in areas of Eastern Anatolia, including the "Durupinar Site", thought to be the landing location for the Ark of Noah.