Night descends on this desolate valley as the yatsi - the final Muslim prayer call from the muezzin - ricochets across the gorge. A donkey brays, its hooves giving off a staccato clop-clop as it heads ...

On the verge of losing its UNESCO World Heritage listed site Capadocia, Turkish officials seem to have little idea on how to preserve fairy chimneys. Cappadocia, a historical site in central Anatolia ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X GOREME, TURKEY – This is probably as close as it gets to the lunar surface, an “unearthly” setting ...

GOREME, Turkey -- While countless years of erosion shaped the unique landscape of the Goreme Valley, for centuries, residents of the historic region of Cappadocia used the natural resource to create ...

URGUP, Turkey – If Second- and Third-Century Christians who took refuge from marauding Roman legions in the countless caves that lace strange geological features here in what was the ancient kingdom ...

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GOREME, Turkey (CNN)-- "These are the fairy chimneys," our guide Alec said, pointing to a hill covered in large, strangely shaped rocks. "This one is a camel. That one over there is the Virgin Mary." ...

Goreme is one of the most famous tourist destinations in Cappadocia, a mystique-laden land of curious rock formations and caves. Being here is like standing in a gigantic open-air museum. A church ...