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Cappadocia Tour Packet 4(60USD)
A - MUSTAFAPAŞA
Mustapafasa : Here is old village which was inhabited by Greeks. That is also known as Sinasos (greek name).The Greek Orthodox families lived here till the begining of 20 th century. After the foundation of Turkish Republic in 1923,there was a population exchange between Greece and Turkey.So lost of greek families settled here.The small town has very nice houses built in Greek architecture. You have a chance to see theses with ornaments,decorations and arches in houses all typical to Greek architecture.
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B - DAMSA
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Damsa: That is a big dam in this area very close to Ürgüp town.It's surrounded by the gorgeous mountains of region so you will drop into this place to see the view.The reason of building a dam here is to provide water supply to area.The region is very dry especially in summer.It gets lost of snow in winter almost 4 months but the dam of Damsa also helps.
C - CEMİL
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Cemil : Cemil is a small village around Ürgüp and
very old place also settled by Christians.You
will drive to the narrow and old streets of
village to see old church called Cemil church
and old caves there.Here is also a small place
where people live in caves still now.Here the
main industry is agriculture and cettle farming.The
area is volcanic that is why locals easily plant
everything on farms here like vegetables and
grains.And there you see locals farming that
shows you how the life goes on here.
D - KEŞLIK
Keşlik : It's located close to
Cemil village as well. The name
of village)
comes from while
hills in village,a turkish word.Today
there are just 200 people living
in this small village.Locals
earn their life from farmin here.This
area was used by Christians as a
monastery called Archangels
monastery too.The huge and
spectatular monastery contains a
chapel,refectories and some rock
cut houses.They are linked with
tunnels at the same time.
E - SOĞANLI
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Soğanlı: There you see another
gorgeous valley of the region
again.A deep valley just located
in a silent village between the
volcanoes and green,lots of
chuches with paintings,and a
nice turkish food in a local
restaurant by the view of canyon...and
more.Christians settled here in
early)
period of Christianity to
escape from persecutions of Arabs.Here was good place for
hiding all in mountains and
caves.They made many churches to
teach religion as well.You will
enjoy the beauty of the valley
wihle trekking.After a visit
valley,a nice cup of tea offered
by locals meaning welcome,will
make you happier...
F - TAŞKINPAŞA
Taşkınpaşa: the village also known as Tamisus by Byzantines got this name later by Turks. Taşkınpaşa was one of the kings who ruled here in 14 th century.That is why you here generally see buildings influenced by Turkish architecture. The famous places to see here are the mosques,medrese (theolojical school of Muslims) and tombs called türbe in Turkish.They all have same name with the village as well.
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