The Buban chimneys are at Oguldere village, in the Sancak township of Bingöl, about 50 kilometres from the city centre. These pointed rock forms were made as floodwater running down the valley slopes and wind wore away a structure of tuff over long years.
They are used by campers as well as by people who come to photograph them.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Bingöl as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -2.1 °C in January to 26.7 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June and September; rainfall is heaviest in January (137 mm) and lightest in August (4 mm). Long-term means for 1961-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
