Batı Trakya'nın Köylerine Yolculuk 🇬🇷

We're traveling through the villages of Western Thrace, heading to Xanthi. Our first stop is Yassıköy. I arrived early this morning to break tobacco. After discussing the problems of tobacco farmers, tobacco prices, and agricultural policies, we drove to other villages. We passed through villages with both churches and mosques. Some of the villages, where Turkish and Greek populations lived together, had grocery stores, cafes, banks, and taverns, while others didn't even have coffeehouses. Our village-by-village tour from Komotini to Xanthi will continue in the next video. Enjoy the view. Komotini is the capital of the Rhodope region in the Thrace region of Greece, and home to a significant Turkish population. The city had a total population of 55,812 in 2011. It is located on the E-90 highway. The Egnatia highway also runs south of the city. It is the most central city in Western Thrace. The name Komotini is said to come from the "coal-cutter grandmother," one of the first settlers in the region. 40% of the population is Turkish. The city is home to the Democritus University of Thrace, which has been located there since 1973. Located in the northeastern corner of Greece, it is bordered by two rivers: the Evros to the east and the Nestos to the west, the Rhodope Mountains to the north, and the Aegean Sea to the south. Komotini is located in Western Thrace, Greece, 23 km by road south of the Bulgarian border. Komotini is the administrative center of the Western Macedonia and Thrace region, which includes the general foreign affairs and headquarters of the Rhodopes and Evros. The Rhodope Mountains lie to the north of the city. To the west lie Xanthi, and to the southwest are Kavala and Thessaloniki. The Aegean Sea is to the south of the city, and Alexandroupolis is to the southeast. The "Egnatia Odos" (Ring Road), which connects Europe to Turkey and Asia and intersects with the highway passing through Bulgaria and Nymphaea, passes through Komotini. There are various theories about the origin of the city's name, the most reliable of which is the event mentioned in Evliya Çelebi's "Seyahatname" (Travel Book). Following the Ottoman conquest of the city, the Ottoman word for "Koumoudzina" lacked an equivalent, so the pronunciation, "Gumuljine," was Turkified, becoming Komotini. When the city returned to Greek rule in 1919, its Greek name was restored and it became Komotini. However, the Turks living there still refer to it as Komotini. Turkish neighborhoods in Komotini: Harmanlık, Kırmahalle, Mastanlı, Yenimahalle, Yenicemahalle, Çayüstü, Serdarmahalle, Tabakhane, Hamam, Kumara, Kozluköy, Poşpoş, Yarımçınar, Bağlar, Villages, Kardere (Drimi), Karacaoglan (Aratos), Büyük Müsellim (Mega Pisto), Yukarı Aralıkburun (Ano Mitika), Yukarı Adadere (Ano Megali Ada), İricanhisar (Gratini), Kalkanca (İfestos), Kafkasköy (Thriloriyo), Yabacıklı (Yamboli), Hasköy (İtea – Hatisiyon), Kargılısarıca (Kalamokastro), Kalfa (Kalha), Kozluköy (Karidya), Küçükköy (Kozmiyo), Aşağı Adadere (Kato Megali Ada), Tuzcuköy (Kikidiyo), Büyük Sungurlu (Mega Kranovuniyo), Adadere (Megali Ada), Kurtbeyli (Mesohori) Little Adaören (Mikri Ada) Little Sungurlu (Mikro Kranovuniyo) Aralıkburun (Mitika) Yanıkköy (Nimfea) Dereköy (Pandrosso) Murhan (Paradimi) Killik (Roditis) Sarancına (Sarakini) Demircili (Siderades) Baraklı (Stilariyo) Semetli (Simvola) Bulduklu (Tihiro) Çuhacılar (İfande) Yahyabeyli (Amaranta) Seymen (Filakas) Ballahor (Vragia) Kalenderköy (Kalindirio) Aşağı Sirkelli (Filira) Yukarı Sirkeli (Agra) Satıköy (Lambro) Dundarlı (Drosia) Yeniköy (Skiada) Domruköy (Dokos) Değirmendere (Darmeni) Payamlar (Plagia) Bulatkoy (Asomatos) Haci Ören (Ano Virsini) Musacık (Mirtiski) Hemetli (Organi) Koz Dere (Drania) Gerdeme (Kardamos) Keziren (Kimi) Kuvanlık (Kovalo) Çalabı (Smigada) Eşekçili (Thamna) Gebecili (Rizoma) Ayazma (Agiasma) Yuvacılı (Folea) Sendelli (Dimi) Menetler (Skaloma) Basirliköy (Passos) Kuzuren (Kato Virsini) Kozlukepir (Arriana) Sinirdere (Nevra) Kurcali (Lykio) Kücük Müsellim (Mikro Pisto) Çepelli (Mishos) Kayrak (Ardia) Instagram.com/gezencan Twitter.com/gezencan Facebook.com/dunyayigezencan