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Open-air ruins tell the tale of ancient animosity
View of the valley from within the abandoned village on the hill.
Ruins in Kayaköy.
Story and photos by Garrett Palm
Mid-April is still the off-season in Kayaköy, Turkey so my friend and I had the Greek ruins almost to ourselves. Nearby the towns prepared for the oncoming wave of British summer homeowners. For now the “Beatles Bar,” Indian restaurants, night clubs, and Turkish cafes advertising full English breakfasts were closed.
After you pass through mini-Britain you come to a lush valley among the mountains on a peninsula on the Anatolian Coast. Across the green, working farms of the valley is a slope of grey buildings, the abandoned Greek village. After seeing centuries- and millennia-old ruins around Turkey, this abandoned village less than a hundred years old had a familiar eeriness. The storm coming in from the Mediterranean heightened the end of the world atmosphere. (more…)
Filed under: Europe, Travel | Tagged: Europe, Fethiye, Greece, Greek orthodoxy in Turkey, Kayaköy, Mediterranean, Travel, Turkey | 1 Comment »
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