Imagine extraordinary “fairy chimney” pinnacles of rock with capstones perched on top of them. Imagine deep gorges with streams meandering between shady poplar…
“With a Mansion” Old name: Misthi/Misti (Greek), Misly Market day: Sunday Favourite son: St Demetrios The small settlement of Konaklı, south of Derinkuyu…
Roughly 15km south of Aksaray, and 4km above the village of Akhisar (“White Castle”) in barren hills overlooking Hasan Dağı (Mt Hasan), the…
“Yellow Hıdır” Population: zero If you’re driving from Avanos in Cappadocia to Kayseri you might want to divert north to…
“Green Essence” Population: 275 Old name: Tağar, Beydeğirmeni If you head east from Ürgüp on the old road to Kayseri passing…
Before it housed the glamour and glitz that was the court of the Ottoman sultans, İstanbul was, as Constantinople, the capital of the…
Population: 2,500 Just 7km north of Nevşehir, the Cappadocian village of Çat is nevertheless off the main road which means that it has…
A village named Shelter Population: Right into the…
As you drive from Derinkuyu towards Güzelyurt and the Ihlara Gorge you will see a turn-off on the left which leads to the…
“Original Mansion” Population: 3,200 North of Avanos in Cappadocia, Özkonak is home to one of the area’s many underground cities,…