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Mohamed Salah turns a Turkish plateau rock into a tourist attraction after fans queue to copy his pose

From the Newshound archive · first published 21 September 2026 · last updated 22 September 2026.

The Trabzon plateau rock where Mohamed Salah posed for a photograph, now nicknamed 'Salahtasi', has drawn such crowds that fans are queueing to recreate his image and content creators have planted a sign renaming it…
The Trabzon plateau rock where Mohamed Salah posed for a photograph, now nicknamed 'Salahtasi', has drawn such crowds that fans are queueing to recreate his image and content creators have planted a sign renaming it…
Mohamed Salah at Kurtdere Plateau, where his scored a hat-trick and an assist for Trabzonspor in a 4-0 thrashing of Galatasaray on Saturday, giving him seven goals in six league appearances.
Mohamed Salah at Kurtdere Plateau, where his scored a hat-trick and an assist for Trabzonspor in a 4-0 thrashing of Galatasaray on Saturday, giving him seven goals in six league appearances.

Fans are travelling to Kurtdere Plateau in the Macka district of Trabzon to sit on the same rock where Salah posed for a photograph during a day trip, with videos showing visitors forming queues to recreate the image. The rock has earned the nickname 'Salahtasi' — Salah's rock — while content creators have erected a sign reading 'Salah Yaylasi', meaning Salah Plateau, fixing it into the ground with a sledgehammer. Salah joined Trabzonspor in August 2026 on a two-year contract after nine years at Liverpool.

The viral photograph was taken after Salah visited Sumela Monastery and explored the surrounding highland scenery on a day off.

The surge in visitors has caused noticeably heavier vehicle traffic on the plateau road.

Salah's form on the pitch has matched his cultural impact — he scored a hat trick and added an assist as Trabzonspor thrashed Galatasaray 4-0 on Saturday, giving him seven goals in six league appearances.

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