Kayaköy Ghost Town

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neill

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Kayaköy Ghost Town is an abandoned village near Ölüdeniz in south Turkey. It was home to some 2300+ Christians who 'resettled' to mainland Greece after the formation of the modern Turkish State in 1923. Kayaköy has some 450 ruined houses, two churches, school and various other buildings.

We first visited this site about 18 years ago, and alot has changed since then, however Kayaköy is now preserved as a museum village, and has recently become a UNESCO Friendship & Peace village. These pictures were taken on October 2010.

Kayaköy was the inspiration for Louis De Bernières' (of Captain Corelli's Mandolin fame) book 'Birds Without Wings'

The embarrassing thing about this report it that most of the photos were taken by my wife!
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My little Urbexer...Second time he has shown his face on DP! (the older one was too shy!)

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And why I go to this place....

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Up, Up and away from 8500 feet high!

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Enjoy!

N.
 
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Thanks for sharing Neill. What a fascinating place!

Wouldn't have liked to have a family there and pushed a pram up and down those hills :lol:
 
Looks like you realy had a great trip :mrgreen:
Realy interesting looking place .
Thank you and hey ,no reason to be embarrassed every reason tobe proud.;)
Top man ,thanks for shareing

SK :)
 
nice pictures i have also got some pictures of kayakoy from my visit a couple of years ago when holidaying in olu deniz it is a spectacular place, when i find my pictures i will post them up.
 
I so desperately wanted to go here when we were in Turkey several years ago, but no-one would go with me!!!
It looks absolutely wonderful!
 
wow, i regualy go to kalkan down the road, i had no idea that it was there, im guna make a trip out of that when i next go there awsome pictures!
 
wow

wow i dont know what to say, its a fantastic report and tell the wife the pics are fantastic. to think these people all just left there homes that they were likely to have been born in , a whole village full. it just dosnt sound real, but i can see it is.
thank you.
 

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