Cappadocia is famous for its ‘fairy chimneys’ as the locals refer to them, or ‘phallic rock formations’ as they are more honestly called by the guidebook. It’s a mysterious place, largely because its past is not readily recognisable in its present. The name ‘Cappadocia’ translates as ‘land of the beautiful horses’, but the only ones […]

[Spoiler alert: this article gives away some of the plot developments in Louis De Bernieres’ novel Birds Without Wings – although only a little more so than the blurb.  All quotes in the article are from the novel.] The abandoned village of Kayakoy sits just two kilometres inland from a mountainous stretch of Turkey’s Mediterranean coast and the start […]