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Amlakit Plateau

Amlakit Plateau also known as Hamlakit Plateau,[1] is a plateau located in Çamlıhemşin District of Rize Province, Turkey. The plateau is famous for its Varvator festivals.[2] A source from 2005 stated that there was 1 coffeehouse, 1 grocery store, 1 mosque, 1 guesthouse and around 50 wooden plateau houses on the plateau, which were mostly active during the summer months.[3][4] There are 4 waterfalls, 50 cows and 200 sheep on the plateau as of 2021.[5]

Amlakit Plateau (September 2012)

Location

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Elevation of the plateau varies between 1900 and 2200 meters. Positioned below Palovit Plateau, adjacent to the pine groves in the valley descending to Zilkale.[6] The plateau is one of the plateaus that is easier to reach compared to other plateaus in the region.[7] The plateau, which is 55 kilometers from Çamlıhemşin town center and 83.8 kilometers from Rize-Artvin Airport.[8][9] Palovit Stream divides the plateau into two parts.[10]

Demography

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Amlakit Plateau is regularly used by the residents of Aşağı Çamlıca neighborhood (A. Vice), Yukarı Çamlıca neighborhood (Y. Vice), Boğaziçi village (Tumaslı-Pogina and Ovaklı neighborhoods), Ortan village, Hala village, Aşağı Şimşirli neighborhood (Çuklanut) and Bahçeli Konaklar neighborhood (Habak - Citne). In the plateau used by the Hemshin people, men and women were dancing horon together even in the 1970s.[11] A type of horon is named after the plateau.[12]

Upper Amlakit Plateau

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To the west of the Amlakit plateau is the Kotençur Plateau, also known as the Upper Amlakit Plateau, at an elevation of 2250–2300 meters.[13] This plateau, which was visited frequently during the animal husbandry period, is not used anymore as the number of animals in plateau has decreased to the point of extinction.

Tourism and facilities

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The plateau is a popular destination for camping and is one of the preferred locations for tourists.[14] There were 300 visitors to the plateau in 1991, 400 in 2002 and 750 in 2009.[15] The plateau is considered suitable for nature walks and ecotourism activities.[16] Villagers has an electricity since 2001. According to 2014 data, phones generally do not have signal in the region.[17]

Flora

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Plant species such as Cystopteris fragilis, Pteridium aquilinum, Dryopteris dilatata, Dryopteris remot, Dryopteris filix-mas, Dryopteris × initalis, Dryopteris expansa, Polystichum aculeatum, Polystichum lonchitis, Equisetum arvense, Equisetum palustre, Botrychium lunaria, Polypodium vulgare, Cryptogramma crispa, Thelypteris (Oreopteris) limbosperma, Phegopteris connectilis, Isothecium holtii, Scilla monanthos, Riccardia palmata, Blepharostoma trichophyllum and Rhododendron caucasicum live in the plateau.[18][19][20][21]

References

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  2. ^ "Amlakit Yaylası – Rize". sosyalbilgiler.biz. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  3. ^ Özhan Öztürk (2005). Karadeniz ansiklopedik sözlük · 1. cilt. Heyamola Yayınları. p. 485. ISBN 978-975-6121-00-9. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Hemşinliler; Fırtınada Doğan Halk". atlasdergisi.com. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on 19 April 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  5. ^ Velan Kunjuraman, Roslizawati Che Aziz, Nur Zehan Abu Bakar (14 September 2021). ECOTOURISM AND RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (Penerbit UMK). Penerbit UMK. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Sebahattin Arıcı (2008). Dambur tarihi. S. Arıcı. p. 217. ISBN 9789750029912. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  7. ^ Harun Tunçel, Gürcan Gürgen, İhsan Çiçek, A. Fuat Doğu (2004). "Doğu Karadeniz Dağlarında Yaylacılık". dergipark.org.tr. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Ercan Sütlü (2009). "Fırtına Havzası'nda Yaylaların ve Yaylacılığın Zaman İçerisindeki Değişimi Ve Ortaya Çıkan Bazı Çevresel Sorunlar" (PDF). openaccess.artvin.edu.tr. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
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  11. ^ Sevi Bayraktar (2019). "Demonstrating Dance: Women's Mobilization of Horon as Protest in Turkey" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  12. ^ Topaloğlu, İhsan (2005). Rize folklorunda tulum-horon ve düğünler. Yöresel Folklor Araştırması. p. 74. ISBN 9789752708327. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  13. ^ Mustafa Alp Dağıstanlı. "Hemşinliler; Fırtınada Doğan Halk". postseyyah.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  14. ^ Hakan Sezerel, Ayşegül Çil (2012). "Connecting nature, culture, and art in the context of socially responsible ecological tourism" (PDF). mmv.boku.ac.at. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  15. ^ Mehmet Özalp, Ercan Sütlü (2011). "Fırtına Havzası'nın Yukarı Bölümlerinde Yürütülen Yaylacılık Faaliyetlerinin Zamansal Değişiminin İrdelenmesi ve Bazı Çevresel Sorunların Tespiti". ofd.artvin.edu.tr. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  16. ^ Ali İslam, Öznur Akçin, Cavit Yavuz, Burcu Pelit (2010). "Doğu Karadeniz Bölgesi'nin Agroekoturizm Açısından Değerlendirilmesi" (PDF). earsiv.odu.edu.tr. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ "Cep telefonu tek bir noktadan çekince". caytvhaber.com. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  18. ^ "Diversity of Pteridophytes in the flora within the borders of Kaçkar Mountains National Park (Rize, Türkiye)" (PDF). plantfungalres.az. 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  19. ^ Gökhan Abay, Güray Uyar, Tamer Keçeli (2009). "Sphagnum centrale and other remarkable bryophyte records from the Kaçkar Mountains (Northern Turkey)". avesis.hacibayram.edu.tr. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ "Scilla&alinihatiana Asparagaceae alt familya Scilloideae : Kuzeydoğu Anadolu'dan yeni bir Sümbülcük (Scilla (L.)) türü". dergipark.org.tr. 2015. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  21. ^ Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. H.M. Stationery Office. 1983. pp. 283, 284. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.

40°54′0″N 41°4′21″E / 40.90000°N 41.07250°E / 40.90000; 41.07250

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