Mustafapasa village located in the valley at a distance of five kilometers from Ürgüp. This settlement was called rumiytsy Sinoson or Sinosos, and the Turks changed the name to Mustafapasa. The site is attractive to tourists with its unique architecture of rural buildings.

Cappadocia - Turkey Greek. From the very beginning of time, the Ottoman Empire until the 20th century lived in Mustafapasa great number of Greeks, and only later the Turks settled here. Differences in religion and religion did not prevent the two nations have common relatives, business and the things that bring people together in this life. It was one of the most important Greek centers in Turkey. To this day, there remain Greek mansions, churches and monasteries.

The village is a two-storey monastery, at the moment used as a hotel. Inside it has murals in fairly good condition. Also not far from the village is the church of St. Basil.

The area was sacred for Christians and for Muslims. It is said that there has been a miracle of Haci Bektas - founder of the dervish flow. Once Hadji came from Kayseri and Ürgüp near Mustafapasa today met a Christian. She was carrying a tray of cakes. In a conversation with Bektaş she complained about the poor quality of bread and asked for help from a dervish. Haji told her: "From now on you will sow rye and wheat collecting and flour tortillas big oven." As he spoke, the way it happened. In honor of this event the residents of nearby settlements were built in the sanctuary, the place where Bektas met a girl. In this story you can judge the friendly relations that existed between the Christians of Anatolia and dervish sects.

The Greek population is starting to grow, and the city is called Sinasos, ie "City of fishermen." In 1850 it had a population of about 450 Turks and 4,500 Greeks. Development and prosperity of the fishing business contributed to the river and the lake TAPS nearby. The scope of the business can be judged from the fact that the Greek guild from Sinasose held in Constantinople monopoly on salt fish and caviar business. During these years, the city reached its greatest prosperity.

Here in the XIX century begins to build beautiful mansions, churches, baths, fountains and educational institutions, many of which have survived. Constructed here and a school for girls and boys to school library contains more than a thousand books, it is not only on religious themes. Sinasos it becomes educational and religious center for the Greek population living in the region of Cappadocia.

However, it came the fateful 1920s. Do not they have been, unfortunately, by Sinasosa. Under the agreement, all the Greek population of Turkey was expelled to Greece, Greece, the Turkish population from their homes - to Turkey. Officially this act call "exchange of populations". Some of the deportees Greek Cypriots lived here. But the Turks, according to the current state of the city, in a new place is clearly not able to adapt.

Sinasos Mustafapasa renamed in honor of Ataturk. Soon the fish business at the root rots, and the city gradually fell into decay, turns almost into the village, which can be seen today. Most Greek mansions - art, empty and are in a derelict state. Many houses were destroyed and windows shattered.

Average Greek mansion in Sinasose usually have the following form. There is a courtyard, which was a mandatory space for winemaking. Often, the house had two floors. Some of the homes were often carved into the rock (this feature is typical for most homes in Cappadocia). The rocky part on the ground floor there is a kitchen, rooms for different household needs, restroom and storage. The living area is located on the second floor. The underground part of the house, which is called the cellar does not turn language, there are rooms with vaulted ceilings. This room was used as a church family. Each house is distinguished by its unique stone carvings.

Also here is the temple of St. Helena and Constantine. He gouged into the rock and held on four pillars. In it are steps carved from stone. In the gorge, just below, you can see the Church of the Holy Cross, built of stone blocks in the rock. Inside it the frescoes depicted Christ's second coming.

Being in Mustafapasa, be sure to visit the valley around the town. You can see the monastery Keshlik, Sobessos, Tashkynpasha, and in the presence of auto - Kaymakli, the village and the underground city MAZ, Reservoir Dams and Soganli valley. And, of course, you have to stray on the streets of the city. Here you can see a lot of old Greek houses of the 19th century, in which the locals live, some converted into hotels, some are in ruins. Most of them are built of special stones taken from the region of the Black Sea coast. It has a yellowish-white color. In Mustafapaşa there are hotels and guesthouses, many are old Greek mansion.