This country is plain weirdness, and the history of the cave-dwelling communities of Cappadocia is as peculiar as the landscape itself. The place bears a resemblance to the Badlands or parts of Utah; ...

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 ...

Where are you going this year? As journeys for a yearly sojourn start taking shape, consider Asia Minor. The climate mirrors our own Southern California weather, with mild winters and hotter summers, ...

Turkey has some of the oldest ruins of ancient civilizations — Stone Age sites, Greek and Roman temples, historic Ephesus — which offer sharp contrast to deluxe modern resort hotels. Majestic ...

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 ...

Early in the morning, a driver picked us up from our hotel and transferred us, via minibus, to the balloon site for our thrilling Hot Air Balloon Ride, one of the best ways to discover and explore the ...

A rich palette of shimmering caramel swirls, ochers, creams and pinks unfolds across the landscape like an enormous handwoven carpet. Stands of poplars line paths carved by ancient lava flows from ...

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 ...