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Fethiye KayakÃÂ¶y stone houses and ruins. Mugla, Torkiye. The ghost village. Abandoned Greek village in Turkey located in ancienu Royalty Free Stock Photo

Abandoned Greek village in Turkey. Stone houses and ruins of Fethiye Kayakoy. Royalty Free Stock Photo

KayakÃÂ¶y anciently known in Greek as Karmilissos (Ancient Greek: ÃÅ¡ÃÂ±ÃÂÃÂ¼Ãâ¦ÃÂ»ÃÂ·ÃÆÃÆÃÅÃâ) shortened to Lebessos (Ancient Greek: ÃâºÃÂµÃÂ²ÃÂÃÆÃÆÃÂ¿Ãâ) and pronounced in Modern Greek as Livissi (Greek: ÃâºÃÂµÃÂ¹ÃÂ²ÃÂ¯ÃÆÃÆÃÂ¹) is presently a village 8 km south of Fethiye in southwestern Turkey in the old Lycia province. From Ancient Greek the town name shifted to Koine Greek by the Roman period evolved into Byzantine Greek in the Middle Ages and finally became the Modern Greek name still used by its townspeople before their final evacuation in 1923.