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

Goat hair tents of Kurdish nomads between Kagizman (Kars province) and Tuzluca (Iğdır province/ Eastern Turkey) on the Mestav summer pastures.
(July 1989)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Nomaden, #nomads, #Ziegenhaarzelte, #tents, #Kurden, #Kurds, #Berge, #mountains, #yayla, #summer_pastures, #Tuzluca, #Iğdır , #Türkei, #Turkey

Children of Kurdish nomads on the Mestav summer pastures between Kağızman (Kars province) and Tuzluca (Iğdır province/ Eastern Turkey).
(July 1989)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Nomaden, #nomads, #Ziegenhaarzelte, #tents, #Kurden, #Kurds, #Berge, #mountains, #yayla, #summer_pastures, #Tuzluca, #Iğdır , #Türkei, #Turkey

Goat hair tents of Kurdish nomads between Kagizman (Kars province) and Tuzluca (Iğdır province/ Eastern Turkey) on the Mestav summer pastures.
(July 1989)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Nomaden, #nomads, #Ziegenhaarzelte, #tents, #Kurden, #Kurds, #Berge, #mountains, #yayla, #summer_pastures, #Tuzluca, #Iğdır , #Türkei, #Turkey

In the valley of the mountain pasture settlement of Tirovit in the Çamlıhemşin district of Rize province (NE Turkey, Black Sea region)
(September 1983)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Almen, #summer_pastures, #yayla, #Berge, #mountains, #Tirovit, #Çamlıhemşin, #Rize, #Black_Sea_area, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Turkey, #Türkei

The mountain pasture settlement of Elevit at an altitude of 1,800 metres in the Çamlıhemşin district of Rize province (NE Turkey, Black Sea region)
(September 1983)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Almen, #summer_pastures, #yayla, #Berge, #mountains, #Elevit, #Çamlıhemşin, #Rize, #Black_Sea_area, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Turkey, #Türkei

A settlement of the summer pastures (yayla) in the mountainous district of Şavşat (Artvin province/ NE Turkey).
(September 2012)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Yayla, #Almen, #summer_pastures, #Şavşat, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei, #Vieh, #cattle, #animals, #Architektur, #architecture, #Blockhäuser

A settlement of the summer pastures (yayla) in the mountainous district of Şavşat (Artvin province/ NE Turkey).
(September 2012)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Yayla, #Almen, #summer_pastures, #Şavşat, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei, #Vieh, #cattle, #animals, #Architektur, #architecture

The temporary alpine settlement (yayla) Sahara in the district of Şavşat (Artvin province/ NE Turkey).
(September 2012)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Almen, #Sommerweiden, #summer_pastures, #yayla, #Şavşat, #Artvin, #Türkei, #Turkey

House in the mountain pasture settlement (yayla) Sahara in the Şavşat district of Artvin province (NE Turkey).
(September 2012)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Architektur, #architecture, #Almsiedlungen, #yayla, #summer_pastures, #Şavşat, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei

Alpine (temporary) settlement (yayla) Sahara in the Şavşat district of Artvin province (NE Turkey).
(September 2012)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Almen, #summer_pastures, #yayla, #Şavşat, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei

A temporary mountain pasture settlement at an altitude of approx. 2,400 m between Şavşat (Artvin province, NE Turkey) and Ardahan.
At the time the photo was taken, the season was already over and most of the houses had been abandoned until the following spring.
(September 2012)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Almsiedlungen, #yayla, #Almen, #summer_pastures, #Architektur, #architecture, #Şavşat, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei

A temporary settlement on the mountain pasture between Şavşat (Artvin province) and Ardahan (NE Turkey), at an altitude of just over 2,000 m.
(September 2012)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Almsiedlung, #yayla, #summer_pastures, #Architektur, #architecture, #Şavşat, #Artvin, #Ardahan, #Turkey, #Türkei

In the Elevit summer pasture (temporary) settlement/ Çamlıhemşin district (Rize province/ NE Turkey)
(September 1983)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Almen, #summer_pastures, #yayla, #Pontic_Alps, #Architektur, #architecture, #Çamlıhemşin, #Rize, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area, #Turkey, #Türkei

Dancing "horon" at night on the summer pasture Sultanmurat Yaylası in Çaykara district of Trabzon province (NE Turkey, Black Sea region), accompanied only by a "kemençe" (Black Sea fiddle). A kerosene lamp provides some light.
(August 1983)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Tanz, #dance, #horon, #kemençe, #yayla, #Çaykara, #Trabzon, #Black_Sea_area, #Turkey, #Türkei

Men dancing "horon" dance on the summer pasture Sultanmurat Yaylası in Çaykara district of Trabzon province (NE Turkey, Black Sea region), accompanied only by a "kemençe" (Black Sea fiddle).
(August 1983)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Tanz, #dance, #horon, #kemençe, #yayla, #Çaykara, #Trabzon, #Black_Sea_area, #Turkey, #Türkei