Echoes of Kayaköy: A Silent Witness

There are towns where silence is earned through time, and there are others where silence feels

imposed, heavy, as if a voice were taken away. In the hills of

southwestern Türkiye, a short distance from the coast, lies such a place: Kayaköy.

Today it is called a ghost village, its stone houses empty, and its streets

walked mostly by visitors, but its silence is not born of myth — it is the result

of history, memory, and loss. Kayaköy was once a thriving settlement,

known as Levissi by its Greek inhabitants. For centuries, it stood as a community of stonemasons,

farmers, and traders. The houses were built into the slope, their pale walls