Night descends on this desolate valley as the yatsi - the final Muslim prayer call from the muezzin - ricochets across the gorge. A donkey brays, its hooves giving off a staccato clop-clop as it heads ...

GOREME, Turkey -- While countless years of erosion shaped the unique landscape of the Goreme Valley, for centuries, residents of the historic region of Cappadocia used the natural resource to create ...

URGUP, Turkey – If Second- and Third-Century Christians who took refuge from marauding Roman legions in the countless caves that lace strange geological features here in what was the ancient kingdom ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. While Turkiye — the nation formerly known as Turkey — is full of remarkable sites, its Cappadocia region ...

A rich palette of shimmering caramel swirls, ochers, creams and pinks unfolds across the landscape like an enormous handwoven carpet. Stands of poplars line paths carved by ancient lava flows from ...

Surrounded by ‘fairy chimneys’, the cinnamon-coloured town of Goreme in Cappadocia(Turkey), is a natural art gallery of sorts snatched right out of one of the Grimms Brothers’ tales. The dwellings, ...

I’d already done my share of grumbling by the time I threw a leg over the seat of a dusty four-wheeler and gave the kick-starter a weak attempt. It was a pleasant morning for Turkey's desertlike ...