The Cappadocian Greeks, or simply Cappadocians, are an ethnic Greek community native to the geographical region of Cappadocia in central-eastern Anatolia; roughly the Nevşehir, Kayseri, Konya province
Cappadocian Greeks in traditional clothing, Greece
Mount Aktepe near Göreme and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Apollonius of Tyana (1st century AD), a Greek Neopythagorean philosopher from the town of Tyana in Cappadocia
Medieval Byzantine fresco in a Cappadocian rock-cut church at Göreme depicting Jesus Christ with the twelve apostles
Cappadocia is a historical region in Central Anatolia region, Turkey. It is largely in the provinces of Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, Kırşehir, Sivas and Niğde. Today, the touristic Cappadocia Region is
Cappadocian Greeks
…Greek: Έλληνες Καππαδόκες; Turkish: Kapadokyalı Rumlar), or simply Cappadocians, are an ethnic Greek community native to the geographical region of Cappadocia in central-eastern Anatolia; roughly the Nevşehir, Kayseri, Konya provinces and their surroundings in modern-day Turkey. There had been a continuous…