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at the edge of Konya</h2><DIV class="galleryheader">  <a href="http://pbase.com/dosseman/turkce" title="Türkçe sayfa"> Bütün Türkiye resimleri için buraya basınız </a> <center><a href="https://pbase.com/topics/dosseman/cappadocia_and_heartland" target="_blank" >This gallery is in the Cappadocia and heartland</a> topic</center><div align="right"> <a href="http://pbase.com/dosseman/root" title="Most of Turkey" > Click here for my page with very many Turkish cities </a> <div align="left"><br>Sille is a hamlet near Konya, so near that you get there with the city bus (I think it was number 63; it stops at Hükümet Square in the heart of Konya, where most busses seem to make a stop). Yet, though much of the ride is through Konya proper, at some point, having past what must be the most recent additions to the growing town of Konya, you suddenly enter a different world. That’s where Sille starts, and I think the pictures here show that it is quite different from big-town Konya. The Lonely Planet advises you to arrive in the morning in time to have a noon meal at some local eatery, maybe you should. I arrived too late, and the day was so hot I could only think of cool water.<br><br>Until the 1920s, Sille was a Greek (‘Rum’) orthodox village. It had some importance, judging the size of the ‘Aya Eleni’-church that still stands in its centre. In the village, a local variant of the (almost extinct) Greek Cappadician was spoken, which is now regarded as a separate dialect of the Greek Cappadician language. In Greek folklore, the costumes and dances from Sille are a separate entity too within the ‘Cappadocia’ region. After the 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey, the village was emptied from its orthodox population and the houses and grounds were assigned to muslim immigrants (from Greece and other Balkan countries).<br>In the barren rocky neighbourhood of the village, the remains of several medieval rock monasteries are worth visiting; they are very ‘Cappadocian’ in style.<br><br>Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.<br>Source: Personal visit (1987) & Wikipedia .  </DIV> <DIV class="thumbnails"> <CENTER> <TABLE border=0 cellpadding=15 width="75%" cellspacing=15> <TR valign=middle> <TD align=center class="thumbnail"><A HREF="https://pbase.com/dosseman/image/104120532" class="thumbnail"><IMG class=thumbnail src="https://a4.pbase.com/g1/28/410728/3/104120532.fAFTs6Mx.jpg" WIDTH=160 HEIGHT=106 border=0 alt="Sille Küçük Kilese 4666.jpg" loading="lazy" ></A><br><font size=3>Sille Küçük Kilese 4666.jpg</font></TD> <TD align=center class="thumbnail"><A 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</TR><TR> <TD align=center class="thumbnail"><A HREF="https://pbase.com/dosseman/image/104120572" class="thumbnail"><IMG class=thumbnail src="https://a4.pbase.com/g1/28/410728/3/104120572.IA0f6Gbe.jpg" WIDTH=160 HEIGHT=106 border=0 alt="Sille Ayaelena Kilesesi 4672.jpg" loading="lazy" ></A><br><font size=3>Sille Ayaelena Kilesesi 4672.jpg</font></TD> <TD align=center class="thumbnail"><A HREF="https://pbase.com/dosseman/image/104120581" class="thumbnail"><IMG class=thumbnail src="https://a4.pbase.com/g5/28/410728/3/104120581.kTKZuwgO.jpg" WIDTH=160 HEIGHT=107 border=0 alt="Sille Sille Ayaelena Kilesesi 4674.jpg" loading="lazy" ></A><br><font size=3>Sille Sille Ayaelena Kilesesi 4674.jpg</font></TD> <TD align=center class="thumbnail"><A HREF="https://pbase.com/dosseman/image/104120607" class="thumbnail"><IMG class=thumbnail src="https://a4.pbase.com/g1/28/410728/3/104120607.Kv5YH3d3.jpg" WIDTH=160 HEIGHT=106 border=0 alt="Sille Ayaelena Kilesesi 4678.jpg" loading="lazy" ></A><br><font 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class="body"><td colspan="3" style="display:table-cell;" class="message_body">Thanks for your pictures, Dick. I have visited Turkey over many years and love seeing these places again. I went to Sille with some Turkish friends, from Konya, about ten years ago and saw the church. It was locked then and the guardian was out of the villge, we were told. Someone had written in Turkish on the metal door. 'Why is this closed, it is part of our history' Admirable sentiments for modern Turkey. Best wishes <br><br> David Wicks</td></tr></table></div> <div class="comment"><table class="comment" border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style="table-layout:fixed;"><tr class="head"><td style="width:40%; word-wrap:break-word;" class="from">Mert </td><td style="word-wrap:normal;" class="commands"></td><td align="right" style="width:20%; word-wrap:normal;" class="date">08-Jan-2009 21:48</td></tr><tr class="body"><td colspan="3" style="display:table-cell;" class="message_body">Sir, <br><br> I had been many times at your site last year, but never realized that you visited Sille right after my recommendation. Congratulations many thanks for the brilliant pictures you are sharing. It's a pity what happened to the frescoes. <br><br> Best regards,</td></tr></table></div> </div> </DIV> <DIV class="gallery_hitcounts"> <font size=small><i>click on thumbnails for full image</i></font></DIV> </DIV> <script src="https://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-5216703-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <script src="https://ap1.pbase.com/js/social.js"></script> </body> </html>