Kaçkar Mountains

Three people died of a heart attack at separate polling stations during the presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14.

In the Black Sea province of Rize, 64-year-old Şeref Kurt was on duty at one of the polling stations set up at a school where he also voted.

He suddenly collapsed at the polling booth around 9 a.m.

Located at the peak of Kaçkar Mountains, the Samistal Plateau offers breathtaking scenery to visitors. (AA Photo)

Located in the northeastern province of Artvin's Yusufeli district, the Barhal Stream continues to host rafting and canoe enthusiasts from around the world despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Skiers from many nations will soon flock to Kaçkar Mountains in Turkey's northeastern province of Rize as the new heli-skiing season begins in two weeks.

Bookings for this season far exceeded the reservations placed last year, according to local officials.

Feridun Altaş is on a trail to find the family of a French mountaineer who died while climbing the Kaçkar Mountains in the Black Sea region 32 years ago.

Altaş, a resident of the Çamlıhemşin district of Rize province, believes bones that he buried in 2000 belong to Philippe Tardieu, whose whereabouts remained unknown for many years after he disappeared.

The heli-skiing season has begun in Turkey's northeastern province of Rize's Kaçkar Mountains.

Five firms commissioned with preparing a layout for the transformation of the Ayder Plateau in the Çamlıhemşin district of the Black Sea province of Rize will each offer a model to the authorities, with a two-story limit imposed by the government for development in the idyllic area.  

Authorities a preparing to turn the Ayder Plateau in the Çamlıhemşin district of the Black Sea province of Rize into an "attraction center," raising fears of construction projects and environmental destruction in the famously idyllic area.