Category talk:Love Valley (Cappadocia)

Rename

The files starting with Bağlıdere should be renamed to Bağıldere. See the sign in photo below which itself should be renamed too.

--Nevit Dilmen (talk) 10:10, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

I agree the name Bağıldere is proper. However, it seems many people consider Love Valley to be an alternative name for Bağıldere Valley, which I think is not the case. I think at some point the one ends and the other starts, I think I have past a sign several times, but did not make a note of where precisely. I think in due course the (now very few) picture of the actual Bağıldere valley might be put in a sub-category, with an explanation. For the time being lets act as if the quasi double name is the right one.

Hoping to find more I checked Google Maps that has "Bağlıdere Yolu". That's Google for you. And did I walk (repeatedly) on "private property. Entrance forbidden" (see your sign, lower part). Dosseman (talk) 19:00, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

This category has some discussion. I took part in it, but a nagging doubt about the proper name of this valley remained. Although I wrote ironically “I checked Google Maps that has "Bağlıdere Yolu". That's Google for you.” I increasingly found indications that Google might be right. Luckily I found the mail address of a firm near the road, that used the “Bağlıdere” name rather than Bagildere. In an answer the situation became clear. “. Your question's answer is that (actually I explained it in the Google Maps "Baglidere Vadisi - Ask Vadisi - Love Valley" point/location: "Bağlıdere" valley is this place's offical name. When the first time writing some stones they made really big mistake and written [wrote] "Bağıldere"; it continious still unfortunately. Because it has no any meaning in Turkish. "BAĞ" means "VINEYARD/GRAPE GARDEN"... "DERE" means like "VALLEY"... so.. BAĞ (LI) DERE means like... "Stoney Valley" or "Flowered Valley"... etc... And Bağlıdere means: Grapey Valley or Vineyardy ?? Valley :). That means There are vineyards in this valley...” The author also explains that "Love Valley (Aşk Vadisi)" is a local/touristic name... Related with stones like "penis" [a form one can see in the hoodoos] ... But of course we (Turkish People) didn't want to say Penis(y) Valley... So guides decided to say Love Valley... And now it is using as Love Valley (Turkish: Aşk Vadisi - Means Valley of The Love) for touristic areas... But officially BAĞLIDERE VADİSİ (VALLEY)... “ I am convinced this is a correct explanation, taking my doubts away. However, we now are stuck with tens of wrongly named pictures, and as long as the wrong name stays on the stones that have been put at valleys to indicate their name, more wrongly named pictures will be added. So just the invitation to use Bağlıdere, and forget about other names.Dosseman (talk) 08:37, 14 September 2024 (UTC)