Urban life and the landscapes from Turkey

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Famous people from Nevsehir:

Damat İbrahim Paşa



Hacı Bektaşı Veli



Haluk Nur Baki


Mualla Sürer


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Famous / Traditional food from Nevsehir:

Ağpakla



Soganlama:



Divil:



Cacik:



Ayva Dolmasi:



Nevsehir Tavasi:



Kombe, the one is with cheese filling the other one with mince filling :




Traditional Dresses from Nevsehir:

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What are these hollows in the caves called, SometimesYes?

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Turkish dances from Nevsehir:

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http://www.tufak.org.tr/resimler/bolgeler.jpg

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What are these hollows in the caves called, SometimesYes?

We call them Peri Bacalari (Fairy Chimneys rock formation)

The interesting rock formations, known as "fairy chimneys", have been formed as the result of the erosion of this tufa layer, sculpted by wind and flood water, running down on the slopes of the valleys. Water has found its way through the valleys creating cracks and ruptures in the hard rock. The softer, easily erodable material underneath has been gradually swept away receding the slopes and in this way, conical formations protected with basalt caps have been created.



The fairy chimneys with caps, mainly found in the vicinity of Urgup, have a conical shaped body and a boulder on top of it. The cone is constructed from tufa and volcanic ash, while the cap is of hard, more resistant rock such as lahar or ignimbrite. Various types of fairy chimneys are found in Cappadocia. Among these are those with caps, cones, mushroom like forms, columns and pointed rocks.



Fairy chimneys are generally found in the valleys of the Uchisar- Ürgüp-Avanos triangle, between Urgup and Sahinefendi, around the town of Cat in Nevsehir, in the Sogani valley in Kayseri, and in the village of Selime in Aksaray.


http://www.cappadociaonline.com/nature.html

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Some more Peri Bacalari / Fairy Chimneys:








You got them also in Kayser (another Central Anatolian city of Turkey):

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51481

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We call them Peri Bacalari (Fairy Chimneys rock formation)

Bear Grylls once covered these in his adventures........

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I am a hobby cook, so another traditional dish from Nevsehir:

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you can see the location of the city in the following map , also in the second map you can see the locations of each areas of Turkey:

Aksaray is in the Capadocia region, where human habitation can be traced back to 8th century BC. The first settlements were from the Neolithic period, evidence of which can be found from the remains of Asikli Tumulus. Between 2000-3000 BC, it became an important trade center. Various civilizations have since left their mark on Aksaray, which subsequently came under the Hittite, Roman, Byzantine, Selcuklu and Ottoman influences. From the 1st century AD, Christianity began to spread in the Anatolian region with the coming of St. Paul and his disciples.

http://www.turkeyforyou.com/turkey_aksaray_history

The population of the city is somewhat 376,000 according to http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksaray_%28il%29 .

Some random pictures of Aksaray:

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Aksaray Museum:
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