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Kota-kota dan tujuan wisata penting di Kapadokia adalah Urgup, Goreme, Ihlara Valley, Selime, Guzelyurt, Uchisar, Avanos dan Zelve. Di antara kota-kota bawah tanah yang bagus untuk dilihat adalah [[Kota bawah tanah Derinkuyu|Derinkuyu]], Kaymakli, Gaziemir dan Ozkanak. Rumah-rumah besar dan gua-gua bersejarah terbaik bagi turis adalah di Urgup, Goreme, Guzelyurt dan Uchisar.
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Hot-air ballooning is very popular in Cappadocia and is available in Goreme. Trekking is enjoyed in Ihlara Valley, Monastery Valley (Guzelyurt), Urgup and Goreme.
Wisata lain yang terkenal untuk dilakukan di Kapadokia adalah naik balon udara.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hot air balloons return to Cappadocia’s skies|url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/hot-air-balloons-return-to-cappadocias-skies-155384|website=Hürriyet Daily News|language=en|access-date=2020-12-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Panduan Wisata Naik Balon Udara di Cappadocia, Harga dan Pilihan Tur Terbaik|url=https://travel.tribunnews.com/2019/09/16/panduan-wisata-naik-balon-udara-di-cappadocia-harga-dan-pilihan-tur-terbaik|website=Tribun Travel|language=id-ID|access-date=2020-12-05}}</ref>
Sedimentary rocks formed in lakes and streams and [[ignimbrite]] deposits that erupted from ancient volcanoes approximately 9 to {{Nowrap|3 million}} years ago, during the late [[Miocene]] to [[Pliocene]] epochs, underlie the Cappadocia region. The rocks of Cappadocia near [[Göreme]] eroded into hundreds of spectacular pillars and [[minaret]]-like forms. People of the villages at the heart of the Cappadocia Region carved out houses, churches and monasteries from the soft rocks of volcanic deposits. Göreme became a monastic centre in 300—1200 AD.
The first period of settlement in Göreme goes back to the Roman period. The Yusuf Koç, Ortahane, Durmus Kadir and Bezirhane churches in Göreme, and houses and churches carved into rocks in the Uzundere, Bağıldere and Zemi Valleys all illustrate history and can be seen today. The Göreme Open Air Museum is the most visited site of the monastic communities in Cappadocia (see [[Churches of Göreme, Turkey]]) and is one of the most famous sites in central Turkey. The complex contains more than 30 carved-from-rock churches and [[chapel]]s, some having superb [[fresco]]es inside, dating from the 9th century to the 11th century.
==Mesothelioma==
In 1975 a study of three small villages in central Cappadocia—Tuzköy, Karain and Sarıhıdır—found that [[peritoneal mesothelioma]] was causing 50% of all deaths. Initially, this was attributed to [[erionite]], a [[zeolite]] mineral with similar properties to [[asbestos]], but detailed epidemiological investigation demonstrated that the substance causes the disease mostly in families with a genetic predisposition to mineral fiber carcinogenesis. The studies are being extended to other parts of the region.<ref>{{cite journal |last = Dogan |first = Umran | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Mesothelioma in Cappadocian villages | journal = Indoor and Built Environment | volume = 12 | issue = 6 | pages = 367–375 | publisher = Sage | location = Ankara | year = 2003 | doi = 10.1177/1420326X03039065 | id = [[ISSN]]: 1420-326X | accessdate =2008-03-04 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last = Carbone | first = Michelle | authorlink = | coauthors = ''et al.'' | title = A mesothelioma epidemic in Cappadocia: scientific developments and unexpected social outcomes | journal = [[Nature Reviews Cancer]] | volume = 7 | issue = 2 | pages = 147–54 | publisher = | year = 2007 | url = http://www.nature.com/nrc/journal/v7/n2/abs/nrc2068.html | doi = 10.1038/nrc2068 | id = ISSN 1474-175X | accessdate =2008-03-04 | pmid = 17251920 }}</ref>
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