The community of Tuzkoy in Turkey's central Cappadocia region has been the victim of a specific kind of epidemic for recent the past.

Twenty-three years earlier a doctor found unusual levels of mesothelioma in the region, a kind of lung cancer which is linked with asbestos - leading to the village being dubbed "cancer city".

Almost all suggested the villagers to move, some five years ago - but it's a process that has been developing in a gradual manner.

Presently officials at the central Cappadocia region have launched a drastic plan to stop the epidemic - raze and at the same time root it out from the base.

BBC's Jonathan Head has paid a visit to discover more about the same.