Nevşehir Province

One French citizen was killed and seven others were injured on April 9 when a hot air balloon crashed in the touristic Cappadocia region of the Central Anatolian province of Nevşehir, the transportation ministry has announced.

One person was killed and 20 others were injured on April 9 when a hot air balloon crashed in the touristic Cappadocia region of the Central Anatolian province of Nevşehir, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Some 49 tourists were injured on March 14 after the hot air balloons they were in made a hard landing due to strong winds in the Cappadocia region of Turkey's central province of Nevşehir, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

A Danish tourist has died on Feb. 18 after he fell of a hot air balloon in Turkey's Cappadocia region while the balloon was making a bumpy landing due to strong winds. 

Cappadocia's hot air balloons have become increasingly popular in recent years, though 2016 has seen a drop amid the general slowdown in Turkish tourism Last year almost half a million tourists viewed the Cappadocia region in central Turkey from its symbolic hot air balloons. 

A team of Turkish archaeologists have found an early Christian church in an underground settlement near Nevsehir, in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey.

The archaeologists have dated the church to the 5th century CE. They discovered the church in a large underground city that the scientists found in March 2015, as sci-news website mentions.

Winter tourism needs to be diversified in Cappadocia, which is famous for fairy chimneys, rock-carved boutique hotels, underground cities and natural rock formations, according to local tourism representatives.

The Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry released data showing that the Hagia Sophia church that operates as a museum was Turkey’s most visited tourist attraction of 2015.

Istanbul's Hagia Sophia Museum remained Turkey's most visited tourist attraction last year, according to data released by the Culture and Tourism Ministry.

An underground city found in Turkey's touristic Cappadocia will "rewrite the history of the city," according to the mayor in the Central Anatolian Nev?ehir province, adding they had discovered people had permanently lived in the underground city, unlike other cities which were mostly carved into rocks for temporary protection.