Levissi in the year 1922 during the exchange of Turks in Thrace with Anatolian Greeks was evacuated and the new residents did not take up the existing houses. Kaya become a ?Ghost Town? as an abandoned town after 1923.
2 churches, chapels, numerous houses, schools, library, hospital, work?shops and the other structures will be renovated soon according to a project which is made by The Association of Turkish Travel Agencies and The Chamber Of Turkish Architects. After the renovation, KayaKoyu will serve as the place of ? Piece & Friendship Village? and be protected forever.