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Kayakoy Turkey: Looking outward from inside the shell
of a once beautiful Greek Orthodox church.
Kayakoy Turkey: Sign erected near the
location of the old Greek ghost town.
Kayakoy Turkey: One of the rare signs
scattered around the ruins.
Kayakoy Turkey: From inside the mini-bus on the way to
Kayakoy
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy
abandoned by the Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: An example of the strange spiny plants now
growing amoung the ruins of Kayakoy.
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the hillside on which the old
ruined houses in Kayakoy stand, just as abandoned by the
Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy
abandoned by the Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: Some flowers among the thorns... among the
ruins.
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy
abandoned by the Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy
abandoned by the Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: Ghosts haunt the ruins of this once thriving
Greek village.
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy
abandoned by the Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: Sign near one of the ancient churches among
the ruins.
Kayakoy Turkey: Even here souvenirs are on sale to tourists.
Kayakoy Turkey: Tour groups wait for their guides to catch
up.
Kayakoy Turkey: Another shot of the exterior of a once beautiful
Greek Orthodox church forcefully abandoned by the Greeks in 1922.
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Kayakoy Turkey: Goats still forage among the ruins.
Kayakoy Turkey: Road running along the boundary of the ghost town.
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   9 March 2001
Hello
from Kayakoy,Not far from
Fethiye is located the ruins of Kayakoy. Once
was a lovely Greek village, it is now a ghost town. All the residents were expelled in 1922
after the war with Greece to set the final Turkish boundaries. I
took a day trip over to the area and tromped around the shells of
once prosperous homes now full of anguished silent whispers of all
the Greek families forcibly removed after the Turkish-Greek
War
mutual exchange of populations.
Peace,
Fred L Bellomy
Kayakoy Turkey: Exterior of a once beautiful
Greek Orthodox church deserted by the Greeks in 1922 during
the "population exchange."
Kayakoy Turkey: Interior of a once beautiful
Greek Orthodox church deserted by the Greeks in 1922 during
the "population exchange."
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy abandoned
by the Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy abandoned
by the Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: A closer look at some of the vegitation covering the
side of the hill.
Kayakoy Turkey: The shell of a once magnificent house located with a
commanding view of the valley below.
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy abandoned
by the Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy abandoned
by the Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy abandoned
by the Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy abandoned
by the Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy abandoned
by the Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: Exterior of a once beautiful
Greek Orthodox church deserted by the Greeks in 1922 during
the "population exchange."
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Kayakoy Turkey: More souvenirs on sale near the entrance to
the ghost town.
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Kayakoy Turkey: All that remains of a once beautiful
Greek Orthodox church in the now deserted village.
Kayakoy Turkey: Inside the shell of a once beautiful
Greek Orthodox church some Greek tourists learn first hand their sad
history.
Kayakoy Turkey: Another sign near the old
Greek ghost town.
Kayakoy Turkey: Interior architectural
details of the old Greek Orthodox church.
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy abandoned by the
Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy abandoned by the
Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy abandoned by the
Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy abandoned by the
Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy abandoned by the
Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy abandoned by the
Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: Only the flowers have flourished since 1922 in this once
thriving Greek village on a hill in south western Turkey.
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy abandoned by the
Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: Remains of the entryway into a church now fallen into ruin.
Kayakoy Turkey: A view of the old ruined houses in Kayakoy abandoned by the
Greeks in 1922.
Kayakoy Turkey: Tourists flock to this old ghost town from all over the
world, many Greek by some of the conversations I overheard.
Kayakoy Turkey: Only flowers flourish among the ruins these days.
Kayakoy Turkey: A shot of the elaborate paving work seen at various places
throughout the abandoned village.
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