Cappadocia
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The Cappadocia region attracts tourists from around the world, who want to see the ancient fairy chimneys - tall, cone-shaped rock formations that are created by volcanic activity.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
"Winter Sleep", the acclaimed drama by Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan that won the Palme d'Or in 2014, was set in the Cappadocia region.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
Her first eclipse, seen in 2006 from a cave in Cappadocia, Turkey, made Whitman Check hyperventilate and her husband cry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
In the 4th Century BCE, the passage of Alexander the Great's army contributed to the creation of another Greek-speaking centre, to the South of Pontus, at Cappadocia.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2024
Alexander realized what was going on, and Lucian got a guard of two soldiers from the governor of Cappadocia.
From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by T. R. (Terrot Reaveley) Glover
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