Beypazarı is a district of the capital city, Ankara, and located in Central Anatolia 98 km west of the capital. Beypazarı has been settled since ancient times, and holds symbols of ancient traditions with rich historical and natural resources. Though the district has been ruled by the Hittites, Phrygia, Galatia, Rome, Byzantine, Anatolia Seljuk, and Ottoman dynasties, it was an important trade center on the Silk Road connecting Istanbul and Baghdad during the Seljuk’s time and was also the center of government military during the Ottoman Empire.
İnözü Valley, situated at the north of Beypazarı, has a considerably rich landscape with natural vegetation and architectural sites. It hosts many human-made caves on the rocky slopes at two sides which had been in use since Roman times for the purposes of residence, churches and graves. It is also believed that these caves were cenotaphs and built-in rock churches dating back to the early Byzantine where religious ceremonies used to be held. Vineyards and fruit fields as well as the vineyard houses located at the bottom of the valley have come to the fore with the traditional vineyard life for the people of Beypazarı both in the past and today (Aklanoğlu, 2005).
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