Before 2023, I had yet to travel anywhere in eastern Europe, so I changed that fact by visiting Turkey for a week. Over the years (mostly due to social media), Cappadocia has been growing in ...

Builders in Turkey have accidentally found one of the largest and most complex underground cities in the otherworldly region of Cappadocia. The area is famous for its stunning rock formations, deep ...

Nearly 1.5 million tourists have visited the underground cities in Türkiye’s famed, a fairy-tale like destination Cappadocia in 2023, according to local officials. Cappadocia, a UNESCO World Heritage ...

A LABYRINTH of tunnels the size of 65 football fields discovered under the volcanic rock of Turkey may be the world’s largest underground city. The as yet unnamed city, which was discovered last year ...

How one family had the trip of a lifetime in Cappadocia. Katie Kitamura is a New York-based freelance writer and novelist. Her book, "Audition," was shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize. Her work has ...

When the invaders came, Cappadocians knew where to hide: underground, in one of the 250 subterranean safe havens they had carved from pliable volcanic ash rock called tuff. Now a housing construction ...

A 5,000 year-old underground city thought to be the largest in the world has been discovered in central Turkey. The subterranean settlement was discovered in the Nevşehir province of Turkey’s Central ...

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