Megaron Deluxe Room in the Kale Konak in Uçhisar. Here we are in a cave room. Only the ventilation pit lets some daylight in. Thick tuff rock walls create a constant temperature - cool in summer and warm in winter.

Courtyard of the Kale Konak in Uçhisar at night. The monochrome colour supports the impression of a medieval castle. Directly under the castle rock of Uçhisar, the Kale Konak was built from several old houses. They were connected, renovated and eq...

This underground room is for the artists of the Cappadocian village of Avanos. Here they can exhibit some of their work. The cave belongs to Mükremin Tokmak, owner of the Venessa Pansion, who is wellknown for his activities to protect the cultural...

Small mosque in the Cappadocian village Suvermez. Until 1923 many Greek people lived in the village and the mosques architecture indicates that it was originally a Greek church. - If you have any information about the church or the village etc., p...

This big tuff rock is called "Tigraz Kale" and for many years people had lived here. It's just a few years since the last one has left his cave apartment. It is planned to change the rock into a museum.

View at the east side of Uçhisar in Cappadocia.

Abandoned house in the east part of the village.

Uçhisar after sunset. This is one of the most fascinating villages in central Cappadocia.

Like in many other Cappadocian villages the Greek history of Tatlarin is still visible. The big tuff rock not only contains cave houses, but also an underground city and a church with frescoes from the 13th century.

Like in many other Cappadocian villages the Greek history of Tatlarin is still visible. A big tuff rock nearby not only contains cave houses, but also an underground city and a church with frescoes from the 13th century.

Like in many other Cappadocian villages the Greek history of Tatlarin is still visible. The tuff rock in the background not only contains cave houses, but also an underground city and a church with frescoes from the 13th century.

Until 1923 many Greek people lived in the village Suvermez (Floita), but not much survived from these times. Here is a decorated entrance and on the opposite side of the square the old Greek church, which had been used as a quarry.

The name oft the village Güzelyurt means  "nice homeland". Until 1923, when all the Christians had to leave Anatolia, the village was home of a Greek population and called Gelveri. Today many Greek descendants of the former poulation visit the vil...

The Eski Cami-i (= old Mosque) in Özlüce had been built in 1849 as a Greek church and 1935, after the Turkish-Greek peoples exchange, it became a mosque. Like the Meryem Ana church in Nevsehir, this one has a turnable "pillar" next to the entrance...

Courtyard of the Kale Konak in Uçhisar at night. The artificial colours of the lightbulbs and the lack of daylight create this typical night atmosphere. Directly under the castle rock of Uçhisar, the Kale Konak was built from several old houses. T...