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

Wedding of the Laz ethnic group in a village of the Arhavi district (Artvin province, Black Sea region, NE Turkey). The dance style accompanied by bagpipes (and sometimes a fiddle called kemençe) is called horon.
(August 1983)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Hochzeit, wedding, #Tanz, #Volkstanz, #folk_dance, #horon, #Musikinstrumente, #Dudelsack, #bagpipe, #Lasen, #Laz, #Arhavi, #Artvin, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area, #Turkey, #Türkei

A village in the hinterland of Hopa (Artvin province, Black Sea region, NE Turkey).
(August 1983)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, Dorfansichten, #village_views, #Berge, #mountains, #Natur, #nature, #Hopa, #Artvin, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area, #Türkei, #Turkey

Suspension bridge over the Fırtına River in Çamlıhemşin district (Rize province, Black Sea region, NE Turkey).
(March 1980)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Flüsse, #rivers, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area, #Çamlıhemşin, #Rize, #Türkei, #Turkey

The Pontic Mountains above Çamlıhemşin district of Rize province (NE-Turkey)
(September 1983)
(Fotos scanned from slides: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Berge, #mountains, #Pontisches_Gebirge, #Pontic_Mountains, #Çamlıhemşin, #Rize, #Turkey, #Türkei, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area

The castle ruins of Zikale/ Çamlıhemşin district of Rize province (NE-Turkey).
(September 1983)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Burgen, #castles, #Burgruinen, #Landschaften, #landscapes, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area, #Çamlıhemşin, #Rize, #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

A half-timbered house on a gravel road near Çamlıhemşin (Rize province/ NE Turkey, Black Sea region).
(March 1980)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Architektur, #architecture, #Landschaften, #landscapes, #Çamlıhemşin, #Rize, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area, #Turkey, #Türkei

Market in the district town of Pazar (province of Rize/ NE Turkey, Black Sea region). Here, among other things, baskets are offered, which are an important means of transport in the mountainous hinterland.
(March 1980)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Märkte, #markets, #Tragekörbe, #Kiepen, #baskets, #Pazar, #Rize, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area, #Turkey, #Türkei

A water-powered flour mill (right) and an old arched bridge near Hemşin/ Rize province (NE Turkey, Black Sea region).
(March 1980)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Mühlen, #mills, #Architektur, #architecture, #Landschaften, #landscapes, #Hemşin, #Rize, #Black_Sea_area, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Turkey, #Türkei

The village of Köprübaşı in the district of Çamlıhemşin/ Rize province (NE Turkey, Black Sea region) is inhabited by the Laz, an ethnic group of South Caucasian tongue.
(March 1980)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Dorfansichten, #village_views, #Architektur, #architecture, #Landschaften, #landscapes, #Laz, #Çamlıhemşin, #Rize, #Black_Sea_area, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #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

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

Beehives in villages in the hinterland of Arhavi (Artvin province/ NE Turkey). Sometimes they are set up in places that are difficult to access so that bears, for example, cannot reach them.
(August 1983)
(Fotos scanned from slides: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Bienen, # Bienenstöcke, #beehives, #Arhavi, #Artvin, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area, #Turkey, #Türkei

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

Villages in the hinterland of Kemalpasa (Artvin province/ NE Turkey). The green plantations are tea plants, an important crop in the north-eastern Black Sea region. The border to Georgia is only a few km ahead.
(March 1980)
(Fotos scanned from slides: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area, #Teeplantagen, #Berge, #mountains, #Winter, #Kemalpaşa, #Artvin, #Türkei, #Turkey

An old arched bridge just behind the district town of Hemşin (Rize province/ NE Turkey, Black Sea region).
(March 1980)
(Foto scanned from the slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Dorfansichten, #village_views, #Landschaften, #landscapes, #Brücken, #Bogenbrücken, #bridges, #Architektur, #architecture, #Hemşin, #Rize, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area, #Turkey, #Türkei

A large half-timbered house in a village of Arhavi district/ Artvin province (Black Sea region, NE Turkey).
(August 1983)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Architektur, #architecture, #Fachwerkhäuser, #half_timbered_houses, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area, #Arhavi, #Artvin, #Türkei, #Turkey

House and granary on stilts (serender) in the village of Küçükköy (old, non-Turkish name: Suhulet) in the hinterland of Arhavi district/Artvin province (Black Sea region, NE Turkey)
(August 1983)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Dorfansichten, #village_views, #Architektur, #architecture, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area, #Arhavi, #Artvin, #Türkei, #Turkey

In the hinterland of the Arhavi district/ Artvin province (Black Sea region, NE Turkey)-
(August 1983)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area, #Berge, #mountains, #Arhavi, #Artvin, #Türkei, #Turkey