Ephemera

Kalabak Camp

The Kalabak summer camp was an institution run by the late Padre Giulio during the 1960s / 70s and brought together the young Levantines of Izmir to this seaside resort location not from the city, about 20 km West along the coast near Urla. Happy memories and friendships were forged and those pupils now grown-up often still retain both with fond nostalgia. This gallery serves to show that spirit of companionship and namings will help to preserve the memory. Your contribution of photos and names can enrich this gallery.

Group photo of pupils, parents and the guiding priest Padre Giulio (on the left) around 1970s at the Kalabaka Catholic summer recreational school near Izmir that functioned till the early 1980s, one of the important Levantine cultural institutions that fostered a tight community spirit.

Kalabak 1962

Kalabak 1964