Part 3: Romania - The Turkish Enclave of Ada Kaleh
January 28, 2013Advertisement
But about 40 years ago the island in southern Romania had to be evacuated to because of a hydroelectric plant being installed.
The authorities promised residents that they could relocate to the downstream island of Simian and that everything would be rebuilt there. But Simian is now a waste land. Only part of the old fortress was rebuilt, and a number of graves were moved. The former inhabitants of Ada Kaleh were forced to reconstruct a new life for themselves on the mainland.