The evil eyes shown here are sold to tourists to ward off the evil eye.In the background is the fortress of Uchisar built into a volcanic formation. The older sections of the town of Uchisar is built into the same formation in the form of locally typical cave houses.
The fortress was a caravanserai on the trade routes to Istanbul. Traders were provided four days lodging under the Sultan's military protection after which they were required to carry on their journey. This was not an altruistic move by the sultan however. A system of mirrors and smoke signals linked the caravanserai to the capitol, Byzantium/Constantinople (now Istanbul) announcing the caravan and its contents. This made taxation simpler.
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