In photos: Kayaköy Festival (Şenliği) – music, dance and much more
“The greatness of a culture can be found in its festivals” – Siddharth Katragadda Visit Kayaköy on any other day of the year and you’ll find a sleepy village, watched over by abandoned crumbling buildings, a reminder of a life gone by. The eerie air of stillness that hangs over the deserted village was replaced by […]
Kayaköy and the population exchange
Preserved as a museum and designated by UNESCO as a “world friendship and peace village,” Kayaköy has become something of a tourist mainstay for visitors to this southwestern corner of Turkey. However, its abandonment speaks of the bitter conflict in the wake of World War I, when Greece and Turkey fought for control of the […]