Perşembe yayla lies at about 1,500 metres in Ordu province and was declared a tourism centre by council of ministers decision in 1991. What distinguishes it are the meanders of its stream, which the provincial directorate describes as without parallel on this continent; registration proceedings to protect them as world heritage are said to be at their final stage.
The yayla festival is held every July, with competitions, folk dancing, concerts, wrestling matches, horse races and other social and cultural events. Most of the road up is asphalt and the rest is graded. It suits picnicking, safari and paragliding, and there are natural features and historic sites on the pasture itself — the tomb towers, the Ciseli waterfall and Karga Tepesi among them.
Getting there
- Access
- Ordu to Akkuş is 125 kilometres, and the plateau twelve more from Akkuş, on a metalled road.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Ordu as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 7.1 °C in January to 23.6 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in October (131 mm) and lightest in May (57 mm). Long-term means for 1959-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
