Zeyve Pazarı, which goes back some five hundred years, is set up on and around the stream dividing the villages of Ikizcinar and Yayla Pazarı, 26 kilometres from Ermenek. Around 300 ancient plane trees stand here, along with cold springs, watermills, a water-driven sawmill, bungalows and places to stay for the day.
Time a visit for the market itself: in July, August and September the villagers from the surrounding area bring the vegetables and fruit they grow to the market held on Sundays, and local handicrafts are sold there as well. It is easy to reach by way of Kazancı and Gülnar, and most people come for the day.
Getting there
- Access
- Between İkizçınar and Yayla Pazarı villages in Ermenek, reached from Ermenek by private car.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Karaman as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 0.7 °C in January to 23.5 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (47 mm) and lightest in August (6 mm). Long-term means for 1951-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
