Kaya Köy, originally called Levissi, was a Greek town with more than 12,000 people before the war of Independence in 1923. An old deserted Greek village situated 7km south of Fethiye, Kaya Koyu was abandoned when its Greek inhabitants were expelled in 1923 after The War of Independence. On January 30 1923, there was a population exchange agreement between Turkish & Greek governments. According to this agreement, the Greek people living in Turkey would be sent to Greece and the Turkish people in Greece would be sent to Turkey. The Greek people here, by this agreement, went back to Greece; but the Turkish people living in Greece didn't want to come back to Turkey, because the Greek government did not want to pay the indemnity for any of the goods, land, or the houses they owned in Greece. So that, the houses which were reserved for the Turkish residence, waited for a long time with allowing no residents in. It is quite an amazing place. Beautiful stone houses, now in ruins, cover the hillsides. You can clamber amongst the streets & houses to the churches where you can still see traces of wall paintings & mosaic floors. Whilst you explore the old ruins you might want to take time out and visit one of the small typical Turkish cafes where your sure of a lovely welcome. Sit and enjoy one of the many Gözleme (Traditional Turkish Pancakes) on offer with an ice cold Elma Çay (Apple Tea). The locals live among the hundreds of ruins in this small picturesque village. Some of the stone houses here are available for renovation and so make for an unusual but interesting place to live.