On a side road off the main road east from Aksaray to Nevşehir stand the ruins of the magnificent Ağzıkarahan (“Han of the…
Close to the centre of Göreme amid spectacular Cappadocian scenery the frescoed Yusuf Koç Kilişe (church) is hidden inside a rock cone accessible…
A short walk from the centre of Göreme, off the start of the path to the Pigeon Valley (Güvercin Vadisi), the Durmuş Kadir…
Running between Göreme and Çavuşin in Cappadocia are the lovely Güllüdere (Rose Valley) and adjoining Kızıl Çukur (Red Valley), two of the best…
Just 10 minutes’ walk off the road leading from the centre of Göreme to the Open Air Museum is the frescoed 10th-century El…
The Secret Church Hidden in the outskirts of Göreme not far from the El Nazar Kilise is the Saklı Kilise which is not…
“Earthen Castle” Drivers heading east from Adana towards Osmaniye will pass, on the lefthand side of the road, the massive remains of Toprakkale…
Turkey is littered with the remains of battered castles that bear silent witness to Anatolia’s often turbulent past. Indeed there are parts of the…
At one time Turkey had a large minority population of Yezidis, mainly living in the far southeast. The mainly Kurdish Yezidis are often…
The Nestorian Christians took their name from Nestorius (c.386-450), Archbishop of Constantinople from 428 to 431, whose beliefs were condemned as heretical by the…