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Cappadocia is a region of
exceptional interest, because of the fantastic and almost
unreal character of its landscapes |
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Göreme is an open-air
museum. A religious community used to live in this valley.
Monks carved churches and monastic buildings out of the
rocks. |
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Sultanhan Caravanserai is
the largest in Anatolia and located on the main road which
once linked Konya to Persia via Kayseri, Sivas and
Erzurum. |
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Konya was the capital city
of the Selcuk Empire and hometown of Mevlana, founder of
Whirling Dervishes. |
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Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi,
the great philosopher and mystic poet of Islam was born in
present day Afghanistan and came to Konya in 11th century. |
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