Yusufeli
Yusufeli | |
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Coordinates: 40°48′38″N 41°31′37″E / 40.81056°N 41.52694°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Artvin |
District | Yusufeli |
Government | |
• Mayor | Eyüp Aytekin (AKP) |
Elevation | 741 m (2,431 ft) |
Population (2021)[1] | 7,306 |
Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Postal code | 08700 |
Climate | Cfb |
Website | www |
Yusufeli (
The town of Yusufeli sits in a valley where the
There is a widely criticised plan to dam the Çoruh at Yusufeli, which would submerge 15,000 homes.[3][4][5]
Climate
Yusufeli has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb).
Climate data for Yusufeli | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.5 (32.9) |
2.0 (35.6) |
5.7 (42.3) |
11.0 (51.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.4 (65.1) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
18.4 (65.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
8.0 (46.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 80 (3.1) |
68 (2.7) |
59 (2.3) |
63 (2.5) |
65 (2.6) |
67 (2.6) |
49 (1.9) |
54 (2.1) |
68 (2.7) |
96 (3.8) |
94 (3.7) |
95 (3.7) |
858 (33.7) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[6] |
History
The history of Yusufeli, formerly Perterek or Pertarek, is traced to 3000 BC, the Bronze Age. The area has since been inhabited by
Because of the rocky geography it was difficult for people from all villages to reach the city center, so a local district was established centred on Ögdem, but this was still inaccessible so Kılıçkaya (Ersis) became the center of county. Ersis means "a place where no boys live", so-called because so many sons of the district were lost in the
Culture
The folk music and culture is typical of the Black Sea region featuring the clarinet type zurna, a drum and bagpipes.
There are a number of historical
).Places of interest
There are many medieval forts and Georgian churches in the valleys of Yusufeli. Some of them:[9]
- Armashen fortress
- Ersis fortress
- Nihak fortress
- Oshnak fortress
- Ishan monastery
- Ogdem fortress
- Peterek fortress
- Parhal monastery
- inscriptionwritten in an undeciphered writing system
Notable natives
- The singer and politician Zülfü Livaneli was born into a family from Yusufeli.
- The former mayor of Istanbul, Kadir Topbaş, was born in Yusufeli.
References
- ^ TÜİK. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ The Yusufeli dam project
- ^ Friends of the Earth: Campaigns: Corporates: AMEC and Spie pull out of Yusufeli Dam
- ^ Balfour Beatty withdraws support for the Ilisu Dam Archived April 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Climate: Yusufeli". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ISBN 978-0-7007-0656-3.
- ^ Yusuefli forts and monasteries (Turkish) Archived November 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine