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Approximately 9 to 3 million years ago a series of eruptions from the cones of Mt. Erciyes and Mt Hasan covered the area in a thick layer of volcanic ash which solidified to form the soft tufa that characterises the surface strata here. Both these volcanic mountains are still extant and dominate the landscape
The processes of erosion started the work of carving out valleys and gorges and continue to act to this day. The signature of the region, the ‘fairy chimney’ is formed when a cap of resilient stone protects the column of softer material beneath it while the surrounding tufa is removed. The area is now a warren of caves, underground cities, rock churches and chambers and it’s almost certain that there are more such sites waiting to be rediscovered.

Cappadocia Region history goes back to Assyrian trade colonies and the Hittites, who lived in BC 3000. Cappadocian region is possible to examine the three main periods. First period paleolithic, neolithic and ancient period. Roman and Byzantine periods of the second period and the period of recent Turkish

Cappadocia contains several underground cities, largely used by early Christians as hiding places before they became an accepted religion.

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