This rocky wonderland in the center of Türkiye was shaped by millions of years of geological phenomena brought about by the eruptions of three volcanoes surrounding the region. Erosions shaped the thick ash, which solidified into a soft rock known as “volcanic tuff.” Wind and water worked on this plateau, leaving only the harder elements to form a fairy-tale landscape.
Hacı Bektaş (Haji Bektash Veli) was an Islamic philosopher of the 13th century whose thoughts are based on the concepts of human love and human existence – in his view, man or woman, all of mankind is equal. The Bektashi Sufi order, which was named after him, was founded in the region of Cappadocia. Hacı Bektaş is considered one of the principal teachers of Alevism.