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Yayla (highland pasture)
Abdullah Highland (Yayla)
Kargı, Çorum
A highland with pine forest on Köse Dağı, Çorum's highest mountain, 26 km from Kargı; with accommodation and picnic areas.
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Acelle Yaylası
Akyazı, Sakarya
A cool yayla south of Akyazı, among coniferous and broadleaf forests, crossed by the Enişte Deresi.
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Yayla (highland pasture)
Alaçam Mountains and Plateaus
Dursunbey, Balıkesir
A mountainous area south of Dursunbey, popular for camping and hiking, with dense pine forests and cool yaylas (highland pastures).
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Anzer Highland (Anzer Yaylası)
İkizdere, Rize
A high highland and tourism center southwest of İkizdere, where the famous Anzer honey is produced, known for its August festival.
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Argın (Argan) Highland (Yayla)
Akkuş, Ordu
A highland just south of Akkuş, at the foot of Argan Dağı, declared a tourism center in 1991, with long winters.
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Arsiyan Yaylası
Şavşat, Artvin
Şavşat's high yayla next to the Georgian border, home to lakes of all sizes and floating islands at elevations above 2600 meters.
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Yayla (highland pasture)
At Yaylası (At Highland)
Merkez, Bolu
A group of seven highland pastures 10 km north of Bolu, famous for its cherries, where cherry festivals are held every year.
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Ayder Highland (Ayder Yaylası)
Çamlıhemşin, Rize
The Black Sea's best-known highland, at about 1,350 m at the foot of the Kaçkar Mountains, with its hot spring, waterfalls and wooden highland houses.
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Başkonuş Highland (Yayla)
Onikişubat, Kahramanmaraş
A cool highland among spruce and black pine forests, also known for deer watching.
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Bektaş Highland (Yayla)
Dereli, Giresun
A tourism-center highland in Dereli at 2,100 meters on the slope of Yörücek Tepesi; a traditional festival is held at the end of June.
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Çamiçi Highland (Çamiçi Yaylası)
Niksar, Tokat
A highland 17 km north of Niksar at an altitude of about 1,350 meters, entirely covered with pine forest.
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Yayla (highland pasture)
Çiğdem Yaylası
Hendek, Sakarya
A yayla at about 1,400 meters in the Elmacık Mountains, carpeted with crocuses in spring and autumn.
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Delmece Yaylası
Çınarcık, Yalova
A yayla on the Samanlı Mountains protected as a nature park, with forest-ringed meadows and a lake.
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Yayla (highland pasture)
Düzoba Highland (Yayla)
Kumru, Ordu
A highland in Kumru reached by asphalt road, known for its Sunday highland market and July festival.
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Eğriçimen Highland (Yayla)
Koyulhisar, Sivas
An old highland 17 km from Koyulhisar, named after the stream winding through a valley surrounded by pine forests.
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Erikbeli Highland (Erikbeli Yaylası)
Tonya, Trabzon
A highland 19 km from Tonya, spread over wide meadows of about 18 square kilometers and alive with livestock grazing in summer.
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Yayla (highland pasture)
Gölcük Highland (Yayla)
Ahırlı, Konya
A picnic highland belonging to the Kuruçay neighborhood, known for its pine forests and cold spring waters, overlooking Suğla Lake.
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Gözne Highland (Yayla) and Castle
Toroslar, Mersin
An old summer resort settlement among pine forests north of Mersin, with a medieval castle on its hilltop.
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Hıdırnebi Highland (Hıdırnebi Yaylası)
Akçaabat, Trabzon
A highland at 1600 meters in the extension of the Metinkale Valley in Akçaabat, known for its July festivities and sea-of-fog views.
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Yayla (highland pasture)
Horzum Plateau (yayla)
Kozan, Adana
A traditional yayla settlement on the Taurus slopes north of Kozan, where people escape the summer heat.
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Huser Highland (Huser Yaylası)
Çamlıhemşin, Rize
A highland on the ridge above Ayder, at about 2,300 m, reached on day tours to watch the sea of fog.
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Yayla (highland pasture)
Kadınlar Highland (Kadınlar Yaylası)
Hayrat, Trabzon
A traditional highland of about 10 square kilometers, 30 km from Hayrat, living from livestock grazing from April to October.
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Kadırga Highland (Yayla)
Maçka, Trabzon
A high highland on the Trabzon–Gümüşhane border hosting the traditional Kadırga Festival every July, known for its historic open-air mosque.
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Kafkasör Yaylası
Merkez, Artvin
A yayla and recreation area very close to the city, surrounded by pine, fir and spruce forests, known for its summer festival with bull wrestling.
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Karagöl Yaylası
Taraklı, Sakarya
A yayla northeast of Taraklı, surrounded by a pond and pine forests, offering a cool summer getaway.
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Kardüz Highland (Yayla)
Gölyaka, Düzce
One of Düzce's highest highland pastures, at about 1,830 meters in the Elmacık Mountains; a wide plain suited to hiking, camping and, potentially, winter sports.
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Yayla (highland pasture)
Keyfalan Highland (Yayla)
Mesudiye, Ordu
A highland in Mesudiye at 1,200 meters, consisting of three obas within a pine forest, declared a tourism center in 1995.
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Yayla (highland pasture)
Kızık Highland (Yayla)
Seben, Bolu
A Seben highland at the foot of Kiraz Dağı, known for its nail-free, interlocking wooden highland houses.
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Kızıldağ Plateau (yayla)
Karaisalı, Adana
One of the traditional summer yaylas of the people of Adana, among pine forests north of Karaisalı.
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Yayla (highland pasture)
Kocayayla
Keles, Bursa
A broad yayla on the southern slopes of Uludağ, host every summer to the Kocayayla Culture Festival, which traces back to the Ottoman founding period.
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Kozak Yaylası
Bergama, İzmir
A cool yayla between Bergama and Ayvalık, known for its stone pine forests, granite rocks and weaving villages.
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Kulakkaya Highland (Yayla)
Dereli, Giresun
A highland in Dereli at 1,500–1,700 meters within spruce and beech forests, declared a tourism center in 1991.
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Kümbet Highland (Yayla)
Dereli, Giresun
A tourism-center highland in Dereli with a permanent settlement, known for the Kümbet Highland Festival held in July.
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Yayla (highland pasture)
Kunduzlu Highland (Yayla)
Bayat, Çorum
A cool highland in the Karatepe forests north of Bayat, surrounded by Scots pine, black pine and fir, where the highland tradition continues.
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Nebiyan Highland (Nebiyan Yaylası)
19 Mayıs, Samsun
A green highland in 19 Mayıs around Nebiyan, at 1,224 meters the highest mountain in the area.
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Ovit Highland (Ovit Yaylası)
İkizdere, Rize
A highland in the pass area at about 2,600 m on the İkizdere–İspir road, known for its August festival and the lakes nearby.
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Yayla (highland pasture)
Paşakonağı Highland (Yayla)
Bulancak, Giresun
A highland in Bulancak at about 1,450 meters, known for its azaleas, close to waterfalls and valleys.
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Yayla (highland pasture)
Pazarcık Highland (Pazarcık Yaylası)
Araklı, Trabzon
A highland settlement 43 km south of Araklı, surrounded by pine forests, at the junction of the Bayburt and Gümüşhane roads.
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Perşembe Highland (Yayla) and Meanders
Aybastı, Ordu
A highland in Aybastı at about 1,500 meters, famous for its winding meanders and July festival; a tourism center since 1991.
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Pokut Highland (Pokut Yaylası)
Çamlıhemşin, Rize
A highland on the ridge between the Fırtına and Hala valleys, at about 2,000 m, famous for its wooden houses and sea-of-fog view.
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Yayla (highland pasture)
Sarıalan Highlands (Yaylalar)
Merkez, Bolu
A group of nearby highland pastures with a pond and forests at the foot of the Köroğlu Mountains, on the Kartalkaya road.
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Yayla (highland pasture)
Sarıçiçek Highland (Yayla)
Safranbolu, Karabük
A highland in Safranbolu at an altitude of about 1700 meters, known for its forest cover and a camping area by the pond.
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Sis Dağı Highland (Sis Dağı Yaylası)
Görele, Giresun
A high highland on the slopes of Sis Dağı on the Trabzon–Giresun border, known for its July festivities and the nature park declared in 2019.
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Yayla (highland pasture)
Soğukoluk (Güzelyayla) Highland
Belen, Hatay
A historic summer resort highland west of Belen, known for its cool air within pine forests.
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Sultan Murat Highland (Sultan Murat Yaylası)
Çaykara, Trabzon
A highland at 2000 meters where Murad IV is said to have camped, containing World War I trenches and a martyrs' cemetery.
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Taşköprü Highland (Yayla)
Merkez, Gümüşhane
A wide highland at an altitude of about 2,100 meters above the Yağmurdere valley; a stopping point on routes toward Santa and Çakırgöl.
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Taşlı Highland (Taşlı Yaylası)
Köprübaşı, Trabzon
A high highland south of Köprübaşı, on the Trabzon–Bayburt provincial border, on the old Sürmene–Bayburt caravan route.
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Topuk Highland (Yayla) and Pond
Kaynaşlı, Düzce
A highland surrounded by forests in Kaynaşlı, at 1,280 meters, around a pond where angling is possible.
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Uluyayla and Uluyayla Cave
Ulus, Bartın
Uluyayla, 27 km from Ulus, amid a vast sea of forest, with its yayla, springs and a cave with a stream running through it.
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Yayla (highland pasture)
Yapraklı Büyük Yayla
Yapraklı, Çankırı
A broad yayla (highland pasture) at 1,600–1,700 meters in the Yapraklı Mountains, covered with meadows among pine and fir forests.
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Zorkun Highland (Yayla)
Merkez, Osmaniye
A cool highland among pine forests in the Amanos Mountains, considered one of the oldest highlands of Çukurova.