Cappadocia

The Museums of Nevsehir and Cappadocia Underground Cities, The first steps to establish a museum in Nevsehir, which is in the Central Anatolian region of Cappadocia and the site of the Rock Churches, were taken when archaeological and ethnographic works were stored in the Damad Ibrahim Pasha Library. Later on, in 1965 the Imaret (soup […]

Goreme Open Air Museum, This 30 km2 area between Nevsehir, Urgup and Avanos was affected by the ashes from the Erciyas volcano 100 km. away. This and the fact that the rock layers are of differing degrees of hardness led in time to erosion by wind and rain resulting in the strange Goreme landscape, composed […]

Hacibektas Museum Nevsehir Cappadocia – Chapter 2, Mescid: At the far end of the Second Courtyard near the Kitchen is a mescid with a single dome and minaret, which was built by the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II. The mescid is open for worship. The Sixes Gate leads from the Second to the Third Courtyard, called […]

The Hittites And The Phrygians in Derinkuyu region of Cappadocia, The Hittite state was established by Labarnash in the XX century B.C. and this central Asian race established in Anatolia in 1900-1200 B.C. as one of the greatest civilizations of the Middle East. Hattushash was their capital. They soon were strong enough to invade Syria […]

Hacibektas Museum Nevsehir Turkey – Chapter 1, Hacibektas Museum was opened in 1964 in the Haci Bektas Dargah kulliye in the Nevsehir sub-province of Hacibektas. The museum consists of three rows of courtyards from west to east. The museum is entered through the Main Gate (Cross Gate) which opens onto the First Courtyard at the […]

The Church in Derinkuyu Underground City Cappadocia (Kappadokia), The church on the lowest floor is in the form of a cross measuring 10 meters in width, 25 meters in length and 3,5 meters in height. Some scholars call the church clover shaped and thus the coat-of-arms of the Hittites. Exactly opposite the church is a […]

Derinkuyu Underground City in Cappadocia Turkey, The first two stories contain kitchens, storage chambers, bedrooms, dining halls, wine cellars, stables, and toilets, whereas the third and fourth stories consist of places of hiding, churches, armories, and tunnels. The tunnels form connecting links with some underground cities near Derinkuyu so that the population could save their […]

Kaymakli Underground City – Soganli Valley and Nevsehir (Cappadocia), Kaymakli and Kaymakli Underground City It is 19 km. from Nevsehir on the road to Nigde. Kaymakli is famous for its underground city. During the days when Christianity was in crisis, and torture and oppression was dominant, the believers searched for places where they could live […]

Derinkuyu and The Underground City of Cappadocia Turkey, Derinkuyu is a town of 5000 inhabitants attached to Nevsehir and is situated on the Nevphir-Nigde highway in Central Anatolia (elevation 1355 m.) Its distance to Nigde is 50 km. and to Nevphir 29 km. Apart from the numerous churches on the ground and the first known […]