In the South-Western part of Turkey there is an abandoned village called Kayakoy, which is more than five hundred abandoned houses, abandoned about a hundred years ago.
History Kakeya unusual and quite sad at the same time. Originally, this settlement was built on the ruins of the ancient city of Lemesos, a former haven for refugees Gemiler island from hostile pirates. After a powerful earthquake, the inhabitants left Lebessis and moved to nearby Fethiye. Eventually, settled on the ruins of the Greek Orthodox.
The beginning of the First world war expanded the territory of the Ottoman Empire and the polls Greeks were deported, and some fled on their own. During the whole time of the conflict, the territory was under influence of the one, the other opposing forces.
As a result of mass shootings and provocations on the territory of Levissi (the so-called at that time the village lived quite a bit of ethnic Greeks. The last key moment in the history of the town was a powerful earthquake. Since no one here settled, and Kayakoy became an architectural monument.
