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; ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. While Turkiye — the nation formerly known as Turkey — is full of remarkable sites, its Cappadocia region ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Turkey’s one of the popular tourist attractions fairy chimneys in the Cappadocia region, damaged by spray paint are being cleaned by 'micro sandblasting' technique. “We have started a work in the ...

NEVSEHIR, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 17 : A hot air balloon glides over the historical Cappadocia region, located in Central Anatolia's Nevsehir province, Turkey on February 17, 2020. Cappadocia is preserved ...