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Address : Ayvali Koyu,
AYVALI, 50400 TR
Description
AYVALI IS 10 KM TO THE SOUTH OF URGUP. TAKE THE
ROAD TO MUSTAFAPASA, WHICH IS ON THE HALFWAYWHEN
LEAVING URGUP. AFTER THE FIRST BRIDGE LEAVING
URGUP, FOLLOW THE YELLOW SIGN POINTING TOWARDS
THE MAZIKOY ROMAN TOMBS, AND AYVALI VILLAGE
*MISSPELLING AYVALIK*. IT IS A PEACEFUL SMALL
ROAD WITH SPECTACULAR GEOGRAPHICAL FORMATIONS.
THE ARCHAEOLOGIST KEMAL TALIH TURKMEN *1949 -
1995* MENTIONED ABOUT THIS ROAD AS BEING USED IN
PRE-HISTORICAL PERIODS *URGUP, BILINMEYEN
KAPADOKYADAN BIR KESIT, ANKARA 1999*. HE
DISCOVERED AN OBSIDIAN WORKSHOP FROM THE STONE
AGE AND BROKEN CERAMICS DATED TO ASSYRIAN COLONY
PERIOD *2000-1600 BC* JUST 200M TO THE NORTH OF
THE SAME BRIDGE. THIS SMALL HILLSIDE COULD BE
USED FOR SEVERAL PURPOSES FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
THE SECOND BRIDGE IS RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET TO
AYVALI IS HACI ISMAIL DERESI KOPRUSU. STOP BY AND
DISCOVER THE EARLY CHRISTIAN BYZANTINE CAVE
CHURCHES WITH FRESCOES A 100M TO THE SOUTH OF THE
BRIDGE. IT IS A PLACE RESERVED ONLY FOR YOU. THE
FACT THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE NOW ABOUT THIS PLACE
AND THAT THE ROAD IS AWAY FROM THE MAIN TOURIST
DESTINATIONS KEPT THIS PLACE VERY UNSPOILED.
ICERIDERE VALLEY, UNDERGROUND CITY THE CAVE
HOUSES, AN IN-EXCAVATED UNDERGROUND CITY, CAVE
POTATO AND APPLE STORAGE AREAS ARE ALL WAITING TO
BE DISCOVERED. SOME VILLAGERS STILL COME LIVE IN
CAVE HOUSES. THERE ARE MANY SPRINGS WITH
SPARKLING WATER. A SEVEN-KILOMETER LONG WALKING
PATH BRINGS YOU UP TO GOLGOLI RUINS AND DAMSA DAM
LAKE. CAPPADOCIA IS THE HISTORICAL NAME OF THE
REGION IN CENTRAL TURKEY, 300 KM SOUTH OF ANKARA,
CAPITAL OF TURKEY. CAPPADOCIA OF THE HITTITE
TIMES *2000-1200 BC* WAS A LARGE AREA OF CENTRAL
EAST AND SOUTHERN TURKEY. MODERN CAPPADOCIA
REFERS TO A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA COVERING THE
VALLEYS OF GOREME, TOWN OF URGUP WITH FAIRY
CHIMNEYS, DERINKUYU AND KAYMAKLI UNDERGROUND
CITIES, CENTER OF CERAMIC ART IN AVANOS,
PANORAMIC CASTLE OF UCHISAR, THE CANYON OF IHLARA
NEAR GUZELYURT AND KAYSERI. KAYSERI HAS THE
HIGHEST MOUNTAIN OF THE REGION ERCIYES *ARGEUS
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GAMIRASU IS IN THE ANCIENT VALLEY OF AYVALI
VILLAGE *ARAVAN- NAME OF THE VILLAGE IN THE
HITTITE TIMES, 1600 B.C.*
AYVALI IS 10 KM TO THE SOUTH OF URGUP. TAKE THE
ROAD TO MUSTAFAPASA. ON THE HALFWAY AFTER LEAVING
URGUP, AFTER THE FIRST BRIDGE, TURN RIGHT
FOLLOWING THE YELLOW SIGN POINTING TO MAZIKOY
ROMAN TOMBS AND AYVALI VILLAGE *MISSPELLED AS
AYVALIK*. IT IS A PEACEFUL SMALL ROAD WITH
SPECTACULAR GEOGRAPHICAL FORMATIONS.
PRE - HISTORICAL MONUMENTS
THE ARCHAEOLOGIST KEMAL TALIH TURKMEN *1949 -
1995* MENTIONED THIS ROAD AS BEING USED IN
PRE-HISTORICAL PERIODS *URGUP, BILINMEYEN
KAPADOKYADAN BIR KESIT, ANKARA 1999*.
HE DISCOVERED AN OBSIDIAN WORKSHOP FROM THE
STONE AGE AND BROKEN CERAMICS DATED TO THE
ASSYRIAN COLONY PERIOD *2000-1600 BC* JUST 200M
TO THE NORTH OF THE SAME BRIDGE. THIS SMALL
HILLSIDE COULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR SEVERAL
PURPOSES FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
EARLY CHRISTIAN BYZANTINE HERITAGE
THE SECOND BRIDGE, JUST BEFORE YOU GET TO AYVALI,
IS CALLED HACI ISMAIL DERESI KOPRUSU. STOP HERE
AND DISCOVER THE EARLY CHRISTIAN BYZANTINE CAVE
CHURCHES WITH FRESCOES A 100M TO THE SOUTH OF THE
BRIDGE. IT IS A PLACE RESERVED ONLY FOR YOU. THE
FACT THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS PLACE,
AND THAT THE ROAD IS AWAY FROM THE MAIN TOURIST
DESTINATIONS, HAS KEPT THIS PLACE VERY UNSPOILED.
ICERIDERE VALLEY, UNDERGROUND CITY THE CAVE
HOUSES, AN UNEXCAVATED UNDERGROUND CITY, AND
POTATO AND APPLE CAVE STORAGE AREAS ARE ALL
WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED. SOME VILLAGERS STILL
LIVE IN THE CAVE HOUSES. THERE ARE MANY SPRINGS
WITH SPARKLING WATER. A SEVEN-KILOMETER LONG
WALKING PATH BRINGS YOU UP TO GOLGOLI RUINS AND
DAMSA DAM LAKE.
CAPPADOCIA
CAPPADOCIA IS THE HISTORICAL NAME OF THE REGION
IN CENTRAL TURKEY, 300 KM SOUTH OF ANKARA, THE
CAPITAL OF TURKEY.
THE CAPPADOCIA OF HITTITE TIMES *2000-1200 BC*
WAS A LARGE AREA OF CENTRAL, EAST AND SOUTHERN
TURKEY.
MODERN CAPPADOCIA REFERS TO A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
COVERING THE VALLEYS OF GOREME, THE TOWN OF URGUP
WITH ITS FAIRY CHIMNEYS, DE










