Vakıflı is three kilometres from Samandağ in Hatay, and it is, according to the Culture Portal, the only village in Türkiye whose population is entirely Armenian. People live here now; its traditions have carried on unbroken for centuries.
The day to come is the feast of the Virgin Mary, kept on the second Sunday of August and held sacred in the Christian world. Beyond a religious festival, it is an occasion that brings together people of different religions and denominations.
Getting there
- Access
- Three kilometres from Samandağ in Hatay.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Hatay as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 8.1 °C in January to 27.9 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May, June and October; rainfall is heaviest in January (197 mm) and lightest in July (16 mm). Long-term means for 1940-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
