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Cappadocia - Fairy Chimneys
The interesting rock formations, known as “fairy
chimneys”, have been formed as the result of the
erosion of this tufa layer, sculpted by wind and flood
water, running down on the slopes of the valleys.
Water has found its way through the valleys creating
cracks and ruptures in the hard rock. The softer, easily
erodable material underneath has been gradually
swept away receding the slopes and in this way,
conical formations protected with basalt caps have
been created.
The fairy chimneys with caps, mainly found in the
vicinity of Urgup, have a conical shaped body and a
boulder on top of it. The cone is constructed from
tufa and volcanic ash, while the cap is of hard, more
resistant rock such as lahar or ignimbrite. Various
types of fairy chimneys are found in Cappadocia.
Among these are those with caps, cones, mushroom
like forms, columns and pointed rocks.
Fairy chimneys are generally found in the valleys of
the Uçhisar-Ürgüp-Avanos triangle, between Ürgüp
and Şahinefendi, around the town of Çat in Nevşehir,
in the Soğanlı valley in Kayseri, and in the village of
Selime in Aksaray.
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Beypazarı Houses
From an architectural point of view,
Beypazarı Houses are buildings of 2 or 3
floors, of Cumbali or Gusganah types. The
main walls of the buildings are made of
stone, the remaining parts of wood and
plastered from the outside. The top of the
buildings are covered with a roof of tiles.
The part of the attic raised through the
roof of the houses is called Gusgana. This
is used as a stock room. The untreated part
of the upper floor of the houses is called
qanti. According to tradition, people in
Beypazarı leave this part untreated to
emphasize that they are not done in this
world. These parts of the houses have been
restored.