Look at the horizon in Karapınar and you won't find anything for your eye to catch on — the plain is flat, the sky wide, and the wind hears what you're about to say before you finish it. This is a place that turned fighting desertification into an art form: sinkholes swallow the ground on one side while solar panels blanket the field on the other. Evening stroll, fair crowd, or just heading home? Let the dice decide.