Yayla (resort)

Since in Oghuz languages the last -k or -ı(g) sounds generally drop as in examples such as yazı(g), dizi(g), dolu(g), ölü(g), with the last letter dropped as yayla (opposing to yaylak or yaylag), it is only in use in Turkish and other closely related languages such as Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Balkan Turkish and Azerbaijani.

[3] Yazlak (for spring), yaylak (for summer), güzlek (for autumn) and kışlak (for winter) referred to transhumance and pasture locations of different seasons of the year.

[4] Hence, these rural or tribal-originated families who now dwell in the cities, annually migrate back to their villages or yaylas in summers or even springs.

Some people have chosen beach tourism, perhaps persuaded by televised advertisements of contemporary technology (such as air conditioning, highways to the tourist areas, etc.

However, the Turkish people of tribal background (such as Yörüks, Manavs, Varsaks, Turcomans, and other Anatolian Oghuz Turkic tribes), who make up a significant portion of the Turkish population, are more prone to preserve the traditional Turkic lifestyle and still spend their summer in the sparsely-populated cooler highlands or yaylas, instead of hot beaches.