Doves are the symbol of peace and devotion to family in Islam
whereas regarded as a symbol of the "Holy Spirit" in hollowed
out into the upper parts of almost all the valleys and fairy
chimneys, generally face east or south sides of the valleys.
Since doves are in need of water to digest the grains they have
already stocked in their craws, they are also named "the
guarding birds of the fountains". For this reason dove-cotes
were hollowed out near the water sources. Although most of the
dove-cotes in the region of Cappadocia date back to the end of
the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, there are few
examples dating to the 18th century. These small buildings do
not attract our attention much but are important in terms of
showing us Islamic painting art which is rarely found in behind
hollowing out dove-cotes was not to catch and eat pigeons but to
use their excrement as fertilizer. The local farmers used pigeon
droppings as fertilizers for generations, and for this reason, a
great number of dove-cot