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Which has an important place for Christians and the ancient city mentioned in the Bible Kilistra

 
Recognized as the apostle of Jesus and the disciples who spread the religion of Christianity to St. Paulos visited the center of Konya Meram district Hatunsaray Gökyurt village located within the boundaries of rock carved churches and settlements Kilistra'da a significant potential for religious tourism is.
Established in five different places in the natural rock formation in the Byzantine era parallel architecture of the ancient city of Klistra chapels and churches, religious buildings, structures are found in defense and security purposes.

Cruciform plan, and around the rock-hewn churches Kilistra'da striking land areas between the settlements in Cappadocia, Konya, Cappadocia with fairy chimneys because of the properties referred to as host. Kilistra, visited a place of pilgrimage for Christians is seen as a half.

Selcuk University Faculty of Arts and Professor, Department of History. Dr. Hasan Bahar, located in a region of volcanic Kilistra that its appearance is comparable to Cappadocia from time to time, he said. Konya, Cappadocia region,''he stated''that he describes this Spring, said:''Kilistra, as well as natural beauty, the beauty hidden in the rock-cut tombs in the Roman period, water reservoirs and residential areas are located. Later, the Prophet. Which the disciples of Jesus and the apostle St. Paulos recognized as the first missionary work has been done on the arrival of Christianity. The first Christians, using the rock tombs of the ancient sites of Rome established the small places of worship. Here chapels (churches), however, and carved into the rock and carved in the form of the outer part of the pilgrimage. This is our Greek cross, the Byzantine architectural style that we call the cross, 6 century onwards, is seen. Anatolia is one of the few chapels. That is also extremely valuable in terms of art history.''
Is located 55 kilometers away from Konya to visit Kilistra and daily reminders Spring,''especially in this region of Cappadocia tourism region of Antalya is tourism, although tourism is extremely easy to transport to why this was of interest. These areas often have to look good. Domestic and foreign tourists during a rally here neglected because of pollution caused by the image we are embarrassed,''he said.


'Orphaned and save this image to ruin'

Of care of the church and the surrounding rock that tells the Spring,''is located in Kilistra volcanic terrain and Gökyurt, deck, there are villages in this region, such as Botsan. Also consider the region's potential for tourism as a whole is very high. We need to do for services to tourism in these villages. Feature shows a ruined villages abandoned, these areas can be revived. Unattended and must save this image to ruin this region, integrate the tourism,''he said. Kilistra'ya show great sensitivity and to be sensitive to history that tells the Spring, Safranbolu enormous contribution to tourism in this region, adding that it is possible to see the viability of Cappadocia.

Goreme, Cappadocia balloon tour and overview of the demonstration video

 


Goreme, Cappadocia balloon tour and overview of the demonstration video

wall of the church was being attacked by snakes snaky four naked women sinful

 
Box office revenues after the stairs leading down to the left to leave the bus at 50 m. After going ahead by a bridge of the 20 m further up the stairs, scroll çıkılarak reached.
Cross plan, the barrel-vaulted, and the only abscissas. The chapel is located in the north wall of the graves of the monks. Four naked woman was being attacked by snakes in the west wall of the sinful church, this name was given because of the scene. The first woman was attacked by eight years of the crime of destruction of the inscription is not understood. The second woman to her child's chest emzirmediği snakes, the third woman's mouth for lying, and that does not obey the fourth woman to the ears ısırmaktadırlar listens.

Serpentine Church, 9 belongs to the end of the century.

The main venue is transversally rectangular, barrel-vaulted, the additional space in the south has a flat ceiling. The apse of a long wall on the left is carved in the church were left uncompleted. Input from the north. Respected saints of Cappadocia, on both sides of the church vault, there are depictions of.

Cappadocia balloon tours of interest is increasing every day

 
Turkish Aeronautical Association (THK), an invited group of Cappadocia Balloon Business Manager Hasan Aytekin Press mensubuna THK introduced balloon flights.

increasing every day

 THK balloon flights beginning in 1983 and since 1995 under the Parachute School said that operate in the Cappadocia.

Cappadocia balloon tours video

Until last year on behalf of other companies began to fly passengers flying its own this year, representing THK Aytekin, balloons to their bodies, the best companies in the high-quality fabric is produced by the special design and is equipped with extra safety equipment, said.

A total of 94 passenger capacity within THK Gokcen Aviation passenger balloon of 3 and 5 that education about the Aytekin, taken together with 4 new balloon will reach the said passenger carrying capacity to 150.

The most effective way to see the unique beauty of Cappadocia balloon tours Aytekin stated that the first light of dawn slowly with balloon floating over the great works of nature bear witness to an unforgettable moment, he said.

Balloon tours of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation with the increase in interest and the requirement to have a balloon getirmesiyle at least 5 companies in the region, indicating that there were an explosion in the number of business and the balloon Aytekin,''the company organizes tours of the region, the balloon and the balloon was an increase in the number of more than one hundred per cent compared to last year,''he said .

Aytekin, regulating the number of companies in one year, from 8 to 18 balloon flights, balloon 120 has been received and the number of 60-70s said they added new ones every day.

Can handle a maximum of 75 balloon flight in the region at the same time, some problems may lead to more emphasize the Aytekin,''Ballooning activity, trade in the world with the highest reported in the Cappadocia''he said.

Tourists coming to Cappadocia, tours to about 10 percent participated in a balloon and a turnover of 30 million pounds which is concerned about the Aytekin,''THK, the hot air balloon tours last year with passenger carrying around 12 thousand, 2.2 means we have achieved. In the first 8 months of this year, around 4 thousand 500 tourists had made a balloon trip,''he said.

LGD under the balloons between the hours of 6:00 to 7:00 each day dawn havalandığını and out of about 300 meters high, watched the sun rise and expressing the general views of Cappadocia Aytekin, photography has been entered into the valleys and fairy chimneys balloons almost seyrettiğini dokunurcasına away, he said.

Aytekin, balloon tours to the Far East was the most intense interest in it came from tourists, the Spanish, French, German, British and Czech tourists, said watching.


With the marriage proposal of ballooning

3 pack includes tours of''standard''Balloon flight tour lasts approximately 1 hour and the fare is 175 euros per person, indicating that the long flight''package''Aytekin said the changes between 1.5 to 2 hours.

Aytekin,''''private flight tours are arranged according to personal choices in these rounds, and those who wish to solemnize the marriage or married in the balloon to offer the greatest demand coming bulunacaklardan expressed, according to the size of the bubble in the price of such uçuşlardaki began thousand euros, he added.

Balonculuğun Turkey now operating in other regions should be found by breaking the shell, emphasizing the Aytekin,''THK for the region as a narrow our thinking about the future of the Phrygian Valley between Afyon-Kutahya, Pamukkale, or are in search for other places''he said.

Aytekin, in Cappadocia, in 1997 1 Organizing the World Air Games in Turkey recently, the International Balloon Festival of successfully representing THK said, adding that the target of editing.

Turkey, an important tourist center famous for its fairy chimneys and hot air balloon tours running record

 
According to information from the Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism Nevsehir, Cappadocia region, between the months of January-August, the historical and touristic places kept open for visitors, including about 900 thousand foreign tourists visited a total of 1 million 534 thousand 574.
Born in Cappadocia, and tourist centers in the same period last year, a total of 1 million 423 thousand 939 thousand 897'si 34 foreign tourists had visited.

Only the region in August of 2011, a total of 381 thousand to 150 thousand foreigners visited by 52 people. Other months of the year, the region's most visited cultural attractions, Goreme Open Air Museum, while the Haci Bektas Veli Commemoration of Culture and Art Events in August because of the district of Nevşehir Hacibektas Haci Bektas Veli Complex Museum, and took first place among the most visited places .

Haci Bektas Veli Complex in August, and the total of 182 thousand 250 people have visited the Museum.
In August of last year's historic and tourist centers in the region has 163 thousand 366'sı foreign, 269 thousand 512 people had visited.

Goreme Open Air Museum, Zelve Open Air Museum, Paşabağları, Mustafapasa, Açıksaray ruins, Cavusin, El Nazar, Dark, Gulsehir St. Jean Church, Nevsehir, Urgup and Hacibektas Parent museums, Hacibektas Atatürk House, Ozkonak, flavors, cream and Derinkuyu underground cities in Cappadocia, kept open to visitors by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism is one of the historical and tourist attractions.

Also in the Nevsehir Province Police Department Police Museum, Nevsehir, Cappadocia, the land of Mustafapasa Baby Art History Museum and the Museum of Ethnography in the land of Ortahisar Urgup in the region, 3 private museum is visited by domestic and foreign tourists.

Museums and historical places of Cappadocia, an average of 10 million pounds per year of income is achieved.

2 million, surpassing the number of visitors to the region until the end of the year, is expected to break a record.

The Greek Orthodox monastery and church complex in the former monastery of Sumela

 
The church is believed to have been built between AD 375-395. Frequently encountered in Anatolia Cappadocia churches built in the style, even the church there is a cave-like area in Trabzon Maşatlık. Become the first establishment of the church and the monastery is not known much about the transformation between the thousand-year period. According to the legend of the Black Sea Greeks from Athenian Sophronios with two monks Barnabas saw the same dream, dream, Jesus, the disciples of St. Luka icon they have three of Panagia, the icon of Mary holding baby Jesus, is located in the arms of the Sumela ' They saw the place. Then come to Trabzon by sea, as ignorant of each other, told each other, and there encounters dreams they have taken the first foundation of the church. However, the frescoes of the monastery took place frequently, given a special importance to Trabzon Emperor III. Aleksios'un (1349-1390) founder of the monastery is believed to be true.
14. Turkmen raids century monastery, who was also exposed outpost in the defense of the city's status has not changed after the Ottoman conquest. Yavuz Sultan Selim in Trabzon during the two large chandeliers here as a gift to the prince, Sultan Mehmed II. Murat, I. Selim II. Selim III. Murad Ibrahim, IV. Mehmed II. Solomon and III. Ahmed is the edicts of a cloistered. Concessions provided to the monastery during the Ottoman period, especially during the Islamization of Macka in Trabzon and Gumushane and a secret Christian and Christian villages in the northern Gümüşhane has created an area surrounded by .

18 April 1916 which lasted until 24 February 1918 during the Russian invasion of other monasteries near Macka, such as seeking to establish an independent Greek state of Pontus, was the headquarters of the militia, with an exchange of populations after sending the region into oblivion due to the Christians of Turkey to Greece The fate of the abandoned until recently by the Ministry of Culture is repaired.

Exchange with the Black Sea Greeks in Greece who moved to the town of Veria Sumela have built a new church which they called. Each year in August, just as they did in the past, the new monastery around Trabzon Sümela'da organize well-attended festivals.

In 2010, with the permission of the government in the Republic of Turkey adopted by Christians as the day of the ascension of the Virgin Mary into heaven, and sacred ritual held on 15th August in the first after an interval of 88 years, Dimitri Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew led the liturgy.

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