Yaylacılı, Saraydüzü
village in Saraydüzü, Sinop, northern Turkey
Yaylacılı is a village in the Saraydüzü District of Sinop Province, Turkey. Its population is 143 (2022). It is in the Kızılırmak ("red river") valley near Saraydüzü.
History
The village has a semi-nomadic, tribal origin. The economy before 1940 was based on sheep and goat herds grazing during the winter on the snow-free slopes of the Kızılırmak valley, and in summers in "Kaşlı Yayla"—summer green mountain pastures six hours march to the north-northwest 41.2163°N 34.7325°E / 41.2163; 34.7325). The villagers also practiced subsistence farming, growing grains and fruits on the south-facing slopes of the valley.
Soldiers from the village died at the Dardanelles front in WWI.
Rice-growing in Yaylacılı started in 1937 in the unused river valley two years after a communal decision following the construction of an irrigation canal, which was built for the village in exchange for a share of the produce from the irrigated lands equitably divided among the villagers. The irrigation entrepreneur was "Şamlı Hüseyin (Yayla)", a native of the village who trained as a teacher in Damascus and later worked as a shopkeeper in Boyabat.
The wet farming of rice as a cash crop became a good source of income and other river valley communities nearby copied the irrigation scheme. Yaylacılı became the richest village in the vicinity due to the first mover advantage and due to a wider valley bottom in front of the village.
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