Turkish Cappadocia Cappadocia

cappadocia famous traditional cave hotels.

following battle of manzikert in 1071, various turkish clans under leadership of seljuks began settling in anatolia. rise of turkish power in anatolia, cappadocia became tributary turkish states established east , west; of population forced converted islam remainder forming cappadocian greek population. end of 12th century, anatolian seljuks had established sole dominance on region. decline , fall of konya-based seljuks in second half of 13th century, gradually replaced karaman-based beylik of karaman, gradually succeeded ottoman empire on course of 15th century. cappadocia remained part of ottoman empire centuries come, , remains part of modern state of turkey. fundamental change occurred in between when new urban center, nevşehir, founded in 18th century grand vizier native of locality (nevşehirli damat İbrahim pasha), serve regional capital, role city continues assume day. in meantime many former cappadocians had shifted turkish dialect (written in greek alphabet, karamanlıca), , greek language maintained (sille, villages near kayseri, pharasa town , other nearby villages), became heavily influenced surrounding turkish. dialect of greek known cappadocian greek. following 1923 population exchange between greece , turkey, language spoken handful of former population s descendants in modern greece.