Kavaklıdere Monastic Complex near Urgup is a cave settlement that housed a monastic community in the 9th and 10th centuries.

Ali Reis Church is an irregular cruciform chapel in Ortahısar with splendid Pantocrator images.

Tavşanlı Church is an elegant, single-nave church near Ortahısar. This tenth-century church is part of a multi-story monastic complex...

Sarıca Church is a cluster of tenth-century cave churches in the Kepez Valley south of Ürgüp. The open valley has multiple churches and...

The Çökek Churches are two medieval Byzantine cave churches, located on the south side of Çökek village, near Ürgüp,

Holy Apostles Church is a painted, double-nave church near Mustafapaşa that dates to the early 900s.

St. Basil’s Church in Mustafapaşa is an elegant tenth-century church overlooking a river valley. The paintings in this double-nave church...

Cross Church (Turkish, Haçlı Kilise) is a basilica-style cave church outside of Mustafapaşa. This church is set 75 meters northwest of...

The Monastery of the Holy Cross outside Mustafapaşa includes a large, five-aisled church in a gorgeous ravine. The church, which...

The large Byzantine rock-cut settlement at Balkan Deresi has five churches, monks cells, and multi-story rooms. The peculiar architecture an

Hallaç Monastery is a mammoth courtyard complex with large halls and a spacious cave church. This eleventh century site is in a valley.

Keşlik Monastery outside Ürgüp is a large, historic cave monastery complex with two churches, large refectory hall, and many monks' cells.

Pancarlık Church is one of the longest used church spaces in the world. Christians worshiped here for nearly 1400 years. The church’s...