Two houses in an alpine settlement (yayla) just before the 2,470-metre-high pass between Şavşat (Artvin Province) and Ardahan Province (northeastern Turkey)
(September 2012)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Almsiedlungen, #alpine_settlements, #yayla, #Architektur, #architecture, #Blockhäuser, #Şavşat, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei

The small mountain pasture settlement (yayla) of Karmik in the district of Çamlıhemşin in the province of Rize (Black Sea region, NE Turkey).
(September 1983)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Berge, #mountains, #Almsiedlungen, #alpine_settlements, #Çamlıhemşin, #Rize, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area, #Turkey, #Türkei

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

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

In der temporären Almsiedlung Sahara Yaylası im Landkreis Şavşat/ Provinz Artvin (NO-Türkei).
(September 2012)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Almen, #Almsiedlungen, #summer_pastures, #Rinder, #cattle, #Şavşat, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei

Karmık Yaylası, a temporary village on the summer pastures in the mountains (Çamlıhemşin county, Rize province/ NE-Turkey)
(September 1983)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Almen, #Almsiedlungen, #summer_pastures, #Landschaften, #landscapes, #Berge, #mountains, #Çamlıhemşin, #Rize, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area, #Turkey, #Türkei