The town of Saimbeyli has a bloody past amidst its campaign to attract ecotourism. The town was once the site of a bloody massacre of its Armenian population of Hadjin. Kaymakam Hakan Keskin. Armenians of Hadjin ancestry are seeking a return of the Armenian ethnos into the fabric of the town of Hadjin (Saimbeyli) as its historic church and Armenian castle remain inherent parts of Saimbeyli's cultural heritage. 

Kaymakam Hakan Keskin
Saimbeyli