Destination
Karlık Yaylası
Karlık (Porğa region) plateau, on the Adıyaman border of Yeşilyurt District, awaits visitors who love mountain and nature walks with its mountains and hills over 2 thousand meters, its clean and delicious waters, flower diversity and abundant oxygen. Karlık receives heavy snowfall in winter months and is cold; summer arrives late and ends early. Therefore, the most suitable time to visit is between May and August.
Karlık Yaylası and 6 places around it
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Highlights
- Nature
Good for
- Nature break
Suggested visit:90 minutes
Karlık (Porğa region) plateau, on the Adıyaman border of Yeşilyurt District, awaits visitors who enjoy mountain and nature walks with its mountains and hills over 2 thousand meters, clean and delicious waters, variety of flowers and abundant oxygen. Karlık receives heavy snowfall in the winter months and is cold; summer comes late and ends early. Therefore, the most suitable time to visit is May-August. If you go in May, you can pick and eat the ışkın sold in Malatya markets with your own hands. In addition, the thyme and other herbs growing along the stream beds will enchant you with their scent. If luck is on your side and you are in Karlık in sunny weather, you can take magnificent photographs and observe birds. In Karlık, small and large livestock breeding and beekeeping are widespread. Karlık is one of the places where Malatya’s most delicious cheese (especially sheep’s cheese) and honey are produced.
Çat Dam, one of the water sources that gives life to Malatya, is also on the road to Karlık. You can reach Karlık by passing through Yeşilyurt-Gündüzbey. It is possible to arrive in approximately 1,5 hours by following the approximately 50 kilometre road, most of which is asphalt.
Source: Bülent Korkmaz (Tourism Researcher)
Last updated: 22 October 2026
Location and surroundings
Karlık Yaylası sits within Yeşilyurt, Malatya. The toroti catalogue holds 57 described stops across Malatya, 6 of them in Yeşilyurt.
The nearest stop is Gündüzbey Mesire Alanı, 17 km to the north. Another 6 catalogued points lie within a 30 km radius.
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Frequently asked
- What is Karlık Yaylası?
- Karlık (Porğa region) plateau, on the Adıyaman border of Yeşilyurt District, awaits visitors who love mountain and nature walks with its mountains and hills over 2 thousand meters, its clean and delicious waters, flower diversity and abundant oxygen. Karlık receives heavy snowfall in winter months and is cold; summer arrives late and ends early. Therefore, the most suitable time to visit is between May and August.
- Where is Karlık Yaylası?
- Karlık Yaylası is in Yeşilyurt, Malatya.
- How long does it take to visit Karlık Yaylası?
- The suggested visit time for Karlık Yaylası is about 90 minutes.
- What else is there to see near Karlık Yaylası?
- toroti’s catalogue holds other destinations within 30 km of Karlık Yaylası; the closest are Gündüzbey Mesire Alanı, Çırak Konağı, Abdullah Ağa Konağı.