#lebessos

[ibrahimgulers]

#Kayaköy, anciently known as #Lebessos and #Lebessus later as #Livissi  #λειβίσσι is a village 8 km #south of #Fethiye in #southwestern #Turkey. In #ancient times it was a city of #Lycia, Later, #Anatolian Greeks lived there until approximately 1922. The ghost town, now preserved as a #museum #village, consists of hundreds of rundown but still mostly standing #GreekStyle houses and churches which cover a small mountainside and serve as a stopping place for tourists visiting Fethiye and nearby #Ölüdeniz . . . #Drone #dji #Sunset #Muğla #Karmylassos #GhostTown #tower #travelgram #instatravel #chapel #chapelhill #şapel #Türkiye #Flag 🇹🇷 (at Kayaköy, Muğla, Turkey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC0L1-JBEHV/?igshid=1djf8p0q8tsu1

[diarrheaworldstarhiphop]

Lebessos, Livissi (modern greek), or Kayaköy

One of many “ghost towns” throughout anatolian Turkey resulting from the Greek genocide that notably went unresettled by local muslims because Turks moved to the abandoned settlement believed “it was infested with the ghosts of Livisians massacred in 1915″

“We must finish off the Greeks as we did with the Armenians… today I sent squads to the interior to kill every Greek on sight…”

-Refet Bey, Ottoman Army Officer, 1916. He retired a Major General for the Turkish Armed Forces

Today it is a popular tourist spot for scenic photos divorced of any context to the site itself.

[bonchjela]

I spot insects mating all the time. #kayakoy #ruins #lebessos #livissi #ghosttown #UNESCO #mugla #lycia #turkey #eurasia #travel #traveladdict #backpacking #wanderlust #hiking #lycianway #neverstopexploring #travelthrowback #lelsinturkey

[bonchjela]

Some of the treasures I found while hiking. 🌸 #kayakoy #ruins #lebessos #livissi #ghosttown #UNESCO #mugla #lycia #turkey #eurasia #travel #traveladdict #backpacking #wanderlust #hiking #lycianway #lelsinturkey

[bonchjela]

Some of the treasures I found while hiking. 🌸 #kayakoy #ruins #lebessos #livissi #ghosttown #UNESCO #mugla #lycia #turkey #eurasia #travel #traveladdict #backpacking #wanderlust #hiking #lycianway #lelsinturkey

[bonchjela]

One of the many abandoned houses in Kayaköy. If this was filmed at night, it could probably pass off as an excerpt from The Blair Witch Project. #kayakoy #ruins #lebessos #livissi #ghosttown #UNESCO #mugla #lycia #turkey #eurasia #travel #backpacking #wanderlust #hiking #lycianway #lelsinturkey

[bonchjela]

That morning voice. #kayakoy #ruins #lebessos #livissi #ghosttown #UNESCO #mugla #lycia #turkey #eurasia #travel #backpacking #wanderlust #hiking #lycianway #lelsinturkey

[bonchjela]

🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼 #kayakoy #ruins #lebessos #livissi #ghosttown #UNESCO #mugla #lycia #turkey #eurasia #travel #backpacking #wanderlust #hiking #lycianway #lelsinturkey