Emerald green hills and valleys awaited us in the Eastern Black Sea mountains. Heading eastwards from the city of Trabzon on the Rize road, we turned […]
When you travel even the short distance from Istanbul’s most congested point to the Black Sea coast, the sea begins to undulate in a different way, […]
Forests, endemic plants and wild life represent another side of Istanbul. And with spring, this aspect of the city becomes vibrant and colorful and the familiar […]
Internet article by Sam Topalidis (August 2016) Pontic author Introduction The convent Panayia Theoskepastos monastery stands on the northwestern slopes of the 240 m high Boztepe […]
