For millions of years, the mighty volcanoes of the Central Anatolian Plateau (now Turkey, PB) erupted and spewed their contents across the land that would become the cradle of civilization. Blessed with a moderate climate and fertile soil, one of the world’s earliest known communities was founded 10,000 years ago at Catalhoyuk along the river banks of the Casambasuyu near Konya. Mankind’s first nature painting was found here and it portrays the most recent eruption of Hasan Dagi almost 9000 years ago. Today, its snow capped peaks dominate the Konya plain, awash in golden hues where vast wheat fields blend subtly with the ochre colored soil and the monochromatic palette is interrupted only where rivers flow and tall poplars flaunt their greenery.
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Cappadocia in Turkey, near Avanos and Goreme

Snow at Cappadocia Formations, Turkey

Turkey Ghost town
Cavusin was founded around 400 AD, but abandoned in the 1950s,
due to rockslides and erosion.

Cappadocia, Travel to Turkey

Balloon flights, Cappadocia Turkey.

Mountine in Cappadocia, Turkey travel.

mountine
Goreme National Park, Cappadocia Turkey.

Cappadocia region of Turkey

Cappadocia region of Turkey

Balloon flights, Cappadocia, Travel to Turkey

The open air museum 2km from Goreme..
with the churches, chapels and rooms in rocks of the valley.

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