Cappadocia, which used to be known as Katpatuka (Land of Beautiful Horses) in old Persian, is a region in central Anatolia, 300 kilometers southeast of Ankara, the capital city of modern-day Turkey. Cappadocia is known for its unusual landscape, the...

In ancient geography, Cappadocia or Capadocia, Turkish Kapadokya (from Persian: Katpatuka meaning "the land of beautiful horses",[1] Greek: Καππαδοκία / Kappadokía) was the name of the extensive inland district of Asia Minor (modern Turkey)....

Families and Friends in Late Roman Cappadocia. By Raymond Van Dam. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2003. Pp. ix, 265; 1 map. $45.00.) After an impressive trail of published articles in peer-reviewed journals and a book on the saints of Roman Gaul (1993),...

Domestic Cappadocia I They seemed content enough, the married pair who owned my charming cave hotel, and ran the place commendably well, solicitous yet casual, always there when needed yet never hovering, and often snatching (where they could) quick private moments when they...

Visits by Americans to Turkey have finally returned to pre-2001 levels, with 532,000 U.S. visitor arrivals in 2006, according to statistics from the Turkish government.In the year 2000, some 515,000 Americans visited Turkey, but that number dropped following the Sept. 11th attacks, with only 222,000...