Four yaylas in the Mesudiye district of Ordu — Kızılağaç, Beyağaç, Kiyiyurt and Çukuralan, belonging to the townships of Yeşilce and Topçam — make up this stretch of high summer pasture, declared a tourism centre by council of ministers decision in 1998. It is pasture country rather than a single sight: forest, herbaceous meadow and a rich flora, with more than 170 flower species recorded on Kızılağaç alone.
What draws people in season is the highland culture. Traditional festivals are held on these pastures, and the settlements of summer huts, the obalar, are scattered across them; Mesudiye is one of the richest districts in Ordu for yaylas of this kind. Mesudiye is 114 kilometres from Ordu and the plateaus 25 kilometres beyond it, on asphalt roads, and the drive is straightforward.
Getting there
- Access
- Reached easily 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).
