The Yeni Dünya cave is at Topal Hacı Çiftliği, near Bucakkisla in Karaman, at the place on the Göksu river called Gozpinari, about thirty to thirty-five metres above the river. Twenty to twenty-five metres above the cave itself is a chapel.
At the back of the cave is a pool, and the water from it runs down past the large plane trees below the cave to join the Göksu. The cave is formed in marble and holds a large number of stalactites and stalagmites. It is 42 kilometres from Karaman on the Ermenek road, eight to ten kilometres beyond Bucakkisla village, and needs a private vehicle.
Getting there
- Access
- Take the Karaman-Ermenek road; 8-10 km past Bucakkışla village you reach the Topal Hacı Çiftliği locality, 42 km from Karaman. Private car needed.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Karaman as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 0.7 °C in January to 23.5 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (47 mm) and lightest in August (6 mm). Long-term means for 1951-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
