Home of the black rose Population: 400 (Eski Halfeti); 8,500 (Yeni Halfeti) The opening of the Birecik Dam on the…
The City of Aphrodite Other names: Stavropolis, Eski Geyre Aphrodisias, the “City of Aphrodite”, is a wonderful archaeological site deep in the countryside…
Centre of the rose industry Population: 248,000 Market day: Wednesday and Sunday Festival: Rose harvest,…
“Small Shore” (Yakacık) Population: 36,900 Old name: Baiae (Hellenistic) Market day: Wednesday ***The Hatay was terribly damaged by the earthquakes of 2023. As…
Population: 30,000 Once a famous beauty spot drawn by the likes of the 19th-century British artist William Bartlett, Belen, on the summit of…
Hatay beach resort Old name: Rhosus (Roman) South of İskenderun in the Hatay, the road runs along the coast to Arsuz. Part of the modern…
Turkey’s last Armenian village Population: 130 ***Although no villagers lost their lives in the…
“Long Vineyard” (Uzunbağ) Population: 4,100 The once romantically isolated remains of the Monastery of St Simeon are now buried inside a modern wind…
The Roman Seleuceia in Pieria ***This part of Turkey was devastated by twin earthquakes in 2023. I have not been back since then…
The Roman Daphne Population: 27,000 ***Like neighbouring Antakya, Harbiye was terribly damaged by the twin earthquakes of February 2023.…