Yediler Monastery - a breathtaking landscape and frescos near Türkiye's Lake Bafa
Baku, October 12, AZERTAC
The Yediler Monastery from the 7th century A.D., near to Türkiye's Lake Bafa, boasts one of the best hiking routes.
The Monastery stage on the Carian Trail Route is included in the 2021 world hiking routes selection by the National Geographic global travel editors.
The trail route offers a unique experience to its visitors with its frescoes, monastery ruins, interesting-looking rocks and its scenery.
The monastery is located in the northern part of the Carian Trail Route, on the Besparmak Mountain (Latmos) part of the trail, near the border of Aydin and Mugla provinces.
Yediler Monastery can only be reached on foot from Golyaka and Karahayit villages around Lake Bafa.
Visitors prefer to reach the monastery ruins by following the shortest route which is approximately 2-kilometer long, through the village of Golyaka.
The monastery was among some of the most important monasteries in the area. Around the ninth century, on account of Arab raids, many monks and priests sought refuge in the monastery.
Its remote location served as a natural safeguard and protected its residents for years.
Water wells in the monastery were built during these years to find a solution for a lack of freshwater and to avoid residents getting noticed because of having to go down to Lake Bafa to get water.
The fortified walls of the monastery were also built against the threat of Arab raids to protect it against possible enemy attacks.
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