🏚️ Kayakoy
Abandoned Greek village in southwestern Turkey
📌 Fast Facts
- Abandoned in 1923 following the Greco-Turkish War and population exchange
- Designated by UNESCO as a "world friendship and peace village"
- Located in Fethiye district, Muğla Province, southwestern Turkey
- Now operates as an open-air museum and cultural heritage site
Kayakoy stands as a stark physical record of the upheaval that followed World War I in Anatolia. The village, which once housed a thriving Greek Christian community, was abandoned in 1923 when a compulsory population exchange between Greece and Turkey displaced its residents. Today, the empty stone houses and churches remain largely intact, preserved as a museum and memorial to the conflict that severed generations from their ancestral homes ...