Kayaköy Ghost Town

December 8, 2008 · Filed Under Turkey, Turquoise Coast · Comment 

Now here’s a really fascinating discovery - apparently there is a ghost town, now preserved as an open museum, near Olu Deniz.
It looks quite remarkable:

According to the Wikipedia, it became deserted after a population exchange in 1923, I presume from hostilities after World War 1.
Apparently the village was built from around 1700, so not a [...]