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Seven Sleepers — Three Caves, Three Cities

One legend, three Anatolian caves.

Seven young men flee Roman persecution, hide in a cave, wake 309 years later. Both Christianity and Islam tell the story. Three caves in Turkey claim to be the real one: Tarsus (Mersin), Afşin (Kahramanmaraş), Selçuk (Ephesus). Truth is contested; all three are revered.

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