“There is a fortress on top of a conical-shaped hill; it is alleged to belong to the Seljuks. We made geophysical measurements in an area of four square kilometers and the [underground] city was surrounding the fortress in circular forms,” said Çak?r, adding that it seemed as though two-thirds of the fortress was carved by means of the tunnels.
The underground city was discovered by a Turkey’s Housing Development Administration (TOK?) urban transformation project. Some 1,500 buildings located in and around the Nev?ehir fortress were demolished, and the underground city was discovered when the earthmoving to construct new buildings had begun.
Story: Erdinç Çelikkan, Hurriyet Daily News | Photo: AA Photo
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