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01) Turkey is a land of rich contrasts between ancient and modern. It is a land where much history took place related to Biblical and post biblical times. The Apostle Paul in particular traveled through it establishing Christian churches. The Apostle Peter mentions Bithynia, Pontus, Galatia and Cappadocia, a land of unique dwellings. These dwelling are rocky looking, pointed of various detail shapes and are made of tufa and volcanic ash. While underground cities like Derinkuyu and Kaymakli are the best known, Ozkonak and Saratli make also great places to see. Derinkuyu could give shelter to up to 10,000 inhabitants over eight levels. Christians found refuge here during times of persecution beginning from the time of the apostles to just 100 years ago. The city of Göreme, in the 4th century AD, adopted the teachings of Basil, Bishop of Caesarea (Kayseri).
02) The region of Bythinia (1.Peter 1:1) is usually identified with northern Turkey bordering on the `Balck Sea.' The district of `Galatia' is located in central Asia Minor (Acts 16:6; 1. Peter 1:1). Therefore, those who state that, based on 1.Peter 1:1, the Apostle Peter went to Rome and lived there for some 25 years, seem to have to strife hard to make that scripture say that. What they seem to confuse is Simon Peter with Simon Magus, the latter of which went to Rome in 45 AD.
(3) Nicomedia was a later period region in western Asia Minor.
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Crawl out of this tomb