The (temporary) mountain pasture settlement (mezra) of the village of Aşağı Maden (central district of Artvin in Artvin province/ NE Turkey).
(August 1988)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Almsiedlung, #summer_pasture_settlement, #mezra, #Landschaft, #landscape, #Architektur, #architecture, #Berge, #mountains, #Artvin, #Turkei, #Turkey

A river (Gedeaka Deresi) between the district town of Şavşat and Veliköy (Merya) (Artvin province/ NE Turkey)
(August 1987)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Flüsse, #rivers, #Berge, #mountains, #Şavşat, #Artvin, #Türkei, #Turkey

A village (Irmakyani) on the mountainside in the district of Yusufeli, Artvin province (north-east Turkey).
(August 1987)
(Fotos scanned from slides: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Dorfansichten, #village_views, #Berge, #mountains, #Yusufeli, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei

A river (Haviskar deresi) in the Yusufeli district / Artvin province (NE Turkey).
(August 1987)
(Fotos scanned from slides: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Flüsse, #rivers, #Berge, #mountains, #Yusufeli, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei

Traditional houses in Veliköy (Merya), Şavşat district/ Artvin province (NE Turkey), not far from the border with Georgia.
(August 1987)
(Fotos scanned from slides: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Dorfansichten, #village_views, #Architektur, #architecture, #Holzhäuser, #Şavşat, #Artvin, #Türkei, #Turkey

In the mountainous Şavşatdistrict of Artvin province (NE Turkey).
(September 2012)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Berge, #mountains, #Şavşat, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei

In the mountainous Şavşat district (Artvin province, NE Turkey)
(September 2012)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Berge, #mountains, #Şavşat, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei

The Sahara mountain pasture settlement (yayla) in the mountains of the Şavşat district (Artvin province, NE Turkey)
(September 2012)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Almsiedlung, #yayla, #Alpine_settlement, #Architektur, #architecture, #Berge, #mountains, #Nadelwald, #forest, #Şavşat, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei

View of the village of Günyayla (Oğdar with its old name) in the district of Yusufeli / province of Artvin (NE Turkey)
(August 1986)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Dorfansichten, #village_views, #Yusufeli, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei

On the way to the village of Günyayla (Oğdar with its old name) in the district of Yusufeli / province of Artvin (NE Turkey)
(August 1986)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Dorfansichten, #village_views, #Berge, #mountains, #Yusufeli, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei

A village in Yusufeli district of Artvin province (NE Turkey).
(August 1986)
(Fotos scanned from slides: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Dorfansichten, #village_views, #Architektur, #architecture, #Yusufeli, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei

The church of Parhal in the village of Altıparmak (old Georgian name Parkhali), Yusufeli district / Artvin province (NE Turkey) is a former monastery church from the 10th century, which belonged to the medieval Georgian kingdom of Tao-Klardzhetia.
There are some apparently more recent inscriptions in Georgian on the outer wall.
(August 1986)
(Fotos scanned from slides: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Kirchen, #churches, #Architektur, #architecture, #Georgier, #Georgians, #Parhal, #Yusufeli, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei

A village in the mountainous hinterland of Hopa (Artvin province/ NE Turkey, Black Sea area)
(March 1983)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Berge, #mountains, #Dorfansichten, #village_views, #Hopa, #Artvin, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area, #Turkey, #Türkei

Waiting for the Dolmuş minibus in the hinterland of the Arhavi district (Artvin province/ NE Turkey, Black Sea region).
(August 1983)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Dorfansichten, #village_views, #Landschaften, #landscapes, #Architektur, #architecture, #Arhavi, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei

Villages in the Çoruh valley between Artvin and the district of Yusufeli (NE Turkey) were “swallowed up” by a dam a few years ago.
(March 1980)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Flüsse, #rivers, #Çoruh, #Berge, #mountains, #Artvin, #Türkei, #Turkey

The valley of the Çoruh River in the province of Artvin (NE Turkey) has been submerged in a dam for a few years. In the background on the hillside is the provincial capital of Artvin.
(August 1983)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Berge, #mountains, #Flußtäler, #valleys, #Çoruh, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei

Çifteköprü (‘double bridge’) in the hinterland of the Arhavi district (Artvin province, NE Turkey).
(August 1983)
(Fotos scanned from slides: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Dorfansichten, #village_views, #Landschaften, #landscapes, #Brücken, #bridges, #Bogenbrücken, #Architektur, #architecture, #Arhavi, #Artvin, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area

A village in the district of Borçka (Artvin province, NE Turkey).
(August 1983)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Berge, #mountains, #Borçka, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei

Shepherd's tent and goats in the mountains in the hinterland of Kemalpasa (Artvin province/ NE Turkey).
(March 1980)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area, #Ziegen, #goats, #Schäfer, #shepherd, #Rundzelt, #Filz, #felt, #Berge, #mountains, #Kemalpaşa, #Artvin, #Türkei, #Turkey