Batı Anadolu Bölgesinde, Afyonkarahisar-Eskişehir ve Kütahya il sınırları içerisinde geniş bir alanda yer alan Frig vadisi, binlerce yıldır farklı medeniyetlere ev sahipliği yapmış bir alan olarak Türkiye’nin ve Dünya’nın en eski yerleşim alanlarından birisidir. Frig vadisinde kolay aşınabilir/kazılabilir volkanik tüf, aglomera ve ignimbritik kayalarından oluşan volkanik bir istif içerisinde Frigler ve Romalılara ait evler, mezarlar, kaleler ve tapınak izlerinin bir kısmı günümüze kadar gelebilmiştir. Bu izlerin önemli bir bölümü Afyonkarahisar iline bağlı Seydiler ve Döğer kasabaları arasında kalan bölgede yer almaktadır.
Phrygian Valley, playing host to many different cultures for a thousand of years in west Anatolia, largely in the Afyonkarahisar, Eskişehir and Kütahya provinces in Turkey, is one of the oldest settlement area in the world. The Phrygians and Romans left behind many carved rock monuments such as house, tombs, castles, temples in easily erodible rocks such as volcanic tufa, agglomerate and ignimbrite in Phrygian Valley. Some of these remarkable monuments are located in the area between Seydiler and Döger towns in Afyonkarahisar where the southern end of the Phrygian valley is.
Besides these culturel sites, Seydiler region are also characteristics with the natural beauties such as fairy chimneys; an unusual rock formations shaped by the effects of surficial process in the volcanic sequence of the pyroclactic tufa/ash deposits. Field based investigation reveals that seven natural heritage of the volcanic area in Seydiler are the potential geosite areas with geotourism potential. These sites are, Seydiler lava-tufa formation, Seydiler castle, Kırkinler rock settlement, Kuzini rock settlement, fairy chimneys of Seydiler, stork rock, and Yanarlar rocks. In this study we focus on the geologic and geomorphologic analyses of these natural and also cultural sites to interpret the outcomes in terms of the geoheritage and geoturism potential of Seydiler volcanic area which is one of the most remarkable settlement area in Phrygian Valley.
Subjects | Geological Sciences and Engineering (Other) |
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Journal Section | Makaleler - Articles |
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Publication Date | August 1, 2017 |
Submission Date | July 10, 2017 |
Acceptance Date | February 17, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2017 Volume: 60 Issue: 3 |
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