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The Hill of Wishes  cappadocia The Hill of Wishes Turkey The Hill of Wishes Erected by Vecihi Pacha in 1268, the mausoleum of Nükrettin, popularly known as Kilicarslan (Sworded Lion), is located on the crest of this hill. A curious feature of the tomb is a seven hundred meters long tunnel the purpose if which is still  [ Read More ]

Six Gates cappadocia Six windows would be a more appropriate name for this mausoleum, erected for the wives and children of an unknown commander of the fortress, sometime in the Seljuk past..

women’s fortress watches   Women’s Fortress  Women’s Fortress cappadocia The castle used to be a refuge for Seljuk women and children in time of peril. It has a long tunnel down to the Damsa stream, providing a way of escape. Due to erosion, in 1954 a large section of the castle tumbled into the ravine. The  [ Read More ]

Hacibektas Data Hacibektas Cappadocia  Hacibektas Turkey Hacibektas The Islamic Bektaşi sect, which has its spiritual center here, was founded by Hacibektas Veli in the 13th century, an epoch of much political confusion in Anatolia where several cultures clashed: Greek, Arabic, Persian, Seljuk and Ottoman interests, to name a few. In this turbulent period, some devoted Moslems began  [ Read More ]

Urgup Cappadocia  Urgup data  Urgup Turkey This township is an important administrative and commercial center much frequented by foreigners coming to Cappadocia.. Before the Ottoman conquest, Ürgüp was a Christian religious center. The precipitous cliff that overlooks the town is proliferated with troglodyte dwellings of the past, the galleries and stairways of which are now  [ Read More ]

MUSTAFAPACHA URGUP MUSTAFAPACHA CAPPADOCIA MUSTAFAPACHA Formerly known as Sinasos, the village was inhabited by Greek Orthodox Christians until the 1924 population exchange between Greece and Turkey. There are several churches and chapels in the neighborhood, but only very few of them are worth visiting. The Kara Kilise (Dark Church) has been named so because bonefires kindled  [ Read More ]

Treasures some unique manuscripts, including the work of Guillaume de Jerphanion, a French art historian, who had spent most of his life in the Cappadocia caves, copying frescos, designs and texts, measuring floors and pillars, all which he recorded in a large, handwritten volume, illustrated by himself. Scholars and authors are permitted to study this  [ Read More ]

Silver Town Date Silver Town Cappadocia Silver Town Fifteen kilometers north of Gülsehir, on the road to Hacibektas, a short earthroad takes the visitor to Gümüşken, an interesting site not even mentioned in the guides. The village is built on what is perhaps a very large subterranean “city”, the deeper galleries of which are filled with groundwater  [ Read More ]