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The Cappadocia Region, which was known in the Hittite language as "the homeland of the people of the God Hepat" according to Bilge Umar, hosted many deep-rooted civilizations as an inevitable result of geography. Many structures in the town of Uçhisar within the borders of the "Goreme National Park", one of the 18 assets that were included in the World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 1985, have been taken under protection as a "monumental asset" by the Council of Europe's Natural and Cultural Heritage Conservation Inventory and the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums of Turkey.
Of course, it is not possible to get to know places such as Emine Hatun Mosque, Cezayirlioğlu Mosque, Karamanoğlu (İbrahim Bey) Mosque, El-Hac Ömer Mosque, Derebağ Church, Sarıca Church, caravanserai, inn, school, fountains, laundries, neighborhood bakeries, mill (dink), Yedekçi House, Tığraz Castle, Vasil Creek, Cevizlibağ, Şapkalı Castle, Quran Castle, Castle Square and Uchisar Castle, the symbol of the town which are among the natural, historical and cultural places in Uçhisar Town, with short tours or visits. For this reason, it is a very difficult choice for researchers to highlight some structures or places among so many cultural heritages. Because the culture and civilization of Uçhisar is a collection of civilizations not only belonging to the Turkish Nation, but also from the Assyrian, Hittite, Persian, Hellenic, Mongolian, Roman, Byzantine, Karamanids, Kadı Burhanettin State, Seljuks and Ottomans to the present day. In this respect, Uçhisar is one of the most authentic towns of Cappadocia. Narrow paths leading down and into deep valleys through the city, deserted houses carved into rock spaces, monk monasteries and church ruins, and even families still living in caves can be seen. Families working together in the gardens and fields, women making bread together in common bakeries, washing clothes in the neighborhood fountain, shepherds making their animals drink water in streams, villagers bringing herds of sheep to the barns in their caves at sunset are some of the impressive aspects of Uçhisar. It is very difficult to fully describe the cultural assets of this ball of civilizations.Uçhisar Castle, one of the most important settlements of the Cappadocia region, is a "kayaköy (stone village)" and is one of the largest and multi-storey natural skyscrapers in the world. Described by the contemporary Greek poet Yorgo Seferis, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, with the sentence "Fairy tale of a thousand-hole rock", this fantastic castle holds a deep historical and cultural treasure from ancient times to the present day. The image here is almost like a painting, with houses carved into caves, resembling swallows' nests.
Before this study, well-intentioned and self-sacrificing studies were carried out by local guides and intellectuals about Uçhisar history, culture and civilization. In this study, the history of the town of Uçhisar has been comprehensively prepared using many new information, documents, photographs and archive documents. Researches were made starting from Hünkar Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli, who came to Anatolia with the duty of guidance especially in the 13th century, the works of missionaries, historians, agents and travelers who visited the region at the beginning of the 20th century were translated into today's Turkish. Information about the structures is also given. I hope that this study will not only fill an important gap for the region but will also serve as an inspiration for further academic research. |
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