Humans beings have been fascinated with death; in particular, the underworld. No matter what religion or belief, people across the world have varying thoughts on what happens to us after we die. While we don’t know for sure what happens in the afterlife, there are places scattered in different nations where you can perhaps get […]
THE DANCE OF TASKALE & MANAZAN CAVES
A local dance that used to be performed in Taskale is described by Cenk Gencdis in his book about the town. Two people dressed up as a camel in a costume made of sacking. A wise man wearing a white robe would appear first and behind him the camel, and then the camel’s owner, an […]
PAMUKKALE’S UNDERWORLD: KAKLIK CAVE
Thirty kilometers east of the city of Denizli in southwest Turkey you see a yellow signpost pointing south to Haydarbaba Turbe and Kaklik Cave 3 kilometers away. Kaklik Cave was created by an underground stream eating away the limestone and sulfurous rock of the region. It seems strange that a cave should be situated not […]
VAST UNDERGROUND CITY FOUND IN NEVSEHIR, CAPPADOCIA TURKEY
Since the Bronze Age that the first deadly weapons hammered out until these days; heaps of legions passed over Anatolia and moved to the west or the east. Original inhabitants, who used to live in the Cappadocia region in the heart of Anatolia, carved the caves into the Cappadocia’s soft tufa rocks and dug underground […]
SHARE & CARE OF ST. BASIL AT THANKSGIVING IN CAPPADOCIA
Ready and packed for a once-in-a-lifetime experience at this Thanksgiving? Pray ! If you can set yourself at the table. Thanks to the giver if you can take bread! Think of who lends you the gift to the delight of your heart and consolation for your weaknesses through the wine making stronger your weak body. […]