“Hay Mountain” Population: 50,000 Other names: Süveydiye, St Symeon ***Samandağ was one…
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…
A town called Sea Festival: Hıdırellez 5-6 May ***Samandağ suffered terribly in the earthquakes of 2023. I have not been back to see…