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Mixed farming (dry-farmed grain, watered gardens, herding) coexists
with archaeological and environmental tourism. Farmers farm, producing
artisanal cheese and yogurt for the growing urban market; children play;
ecotourists hike, astounded by the biodiversity of the seemingly arid
Anatolian plateau; adventure tourists hang-glide off Kızlar
Kayası. Lovely
downtown Yassıhöyük is filled with gardens and trees,
watered by the
local springs. Daytrippers from Ankara appreciate this rural oasis a mere
90 km away. Fields of grain evoke Midas's "golden touch."
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Who needs nature? Who needs archaeology? Why not simplify the system,
level the tumuli, and irrigate everything? Lower the water table? Not a
problem!!!! The oversupply of irrigated onions rots by the dry spring.
Wild rue (üzerlik) enjoys the lack of competition in the small unfarmed
area of the Midas tumulus. After the land is destroyed, bright yellow
apartment buildings will evoke Midas's "golden touch."