" I want that the fairy Chimneys are given back to the real owners, the government should give support to the local community".
Hülya & Mustafa Çetinkaya , Vignerons
" In
the past everyone used to look after their yards, everyone! This used to be our source of income. This is over as people started to get jobs with wages and since the product lost its’ money value, not everybody looks after".
Alpaslan Çelebi , Onyx Sculptor
" When they wipe out people like us, those big agencies they actually destroy themselves too, but they are not aware of it yet ."
Tunç Tandoğan, Temir Komuz player
" Shamanic tunes are everywhere within the steppes of Anatolia, within the Turkish within the landscape and in Cappadocia..."
Gülcan Yücedoğan Emge , Guest House Owner
"They treat the tourists like money making machine, there is lots of corruption in this sector".
Emine Aras , Housekeeper
"Every where is tourism, every where is tourism!!! In this situation, please look out for a solution on this housing issue.House is very important for Goreme. Because the locals are leaving, they always have to leave from here. Therefore, I call out to the government and to the municipality. Please find us a solution. A solution for the tenants".
Zöhre Gezer , Ex- Cave Dweller
" My father used to say: at the end of the world, there will be shapeless creatures coming out. There will be flying things and running things in the village. And so there are flying and running things in the village now. Besides there are also balloons coming up in the air now." " Am I not right? "
Mehmet Can , Beekeeper
"I tell you, in 10 years from now, this place will be over with its' natives... But isn’t it better to live in peace, in the lands where I have been born. This is it, it is the end! this place is over."
Ziya Daşdeler , Jewelry Shop Owner
" Big agencies are not good for little tradesmen, but there is nothing to do, this is the understanding of todays' tourism, superficial yet economically empowering for the country ."