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The cave is about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) to Tarsus and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) to
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16:Cave in Tarsus, Turkey
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149:Yedi Uyurlar Mağarası
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107:36.95722°N 34.79667°E
27:Eshab-ı Kehf Mağarası
787:Show caves in Turkey
508:Büyük Düden Sinkhole
243:Eshab-ı Kehf Kulliye
133:Seven Sleepers' Cave
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523:Düdenyayla Sinkhole
273:on 25 December 2023
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382:Karaca Cave, Aydın
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697:Kuyukule Sinkhole
662:Eshab-ı Kehf Cave
538:Subatağı Sinkhole
297:978 605 4196-07-4
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707:Nimara Cave
692:Kocain Cave
687:Karain Cave
682:Kanlıdivane
677:İnsuyu Cave
599:Yenesu Cave
561:Buzluk Cave
465:İnaltı Cave
460:İnağzı Cave
455:Ilıksu Cave
440:Gökgöl Cave
377:İnkaya Cave
352:, by region
277:31 December
205:with three
187:tradition.
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86:Coordinates
781:Categories
589:Oylat Cave
435:Erçek Cave
250:References
98:34°47′48″E
95:36°57′26″N
397:Black Sea
199:Abdülaziz
181:Christian
153:show cave
765:Category
420:Çal Cave
78:Location
571:Marmara
217:Ephesus
207:şerefes
203:minaret
185:Islamic
177:Ephesus
169:Persian
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165:Turkey
157:Tarsus
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