Beautiful “Button House” village Population: 2,000
Market day: Friday
If you’ve been impressed by the so-called Düğmeler Evleri (Button Houses) of Akseki you may want to hop on the dolmuş to İbradı, a small village in the Taurus Mountains surrounded by exquisite scenery that has more examples of a style of architecture that leaves houses with wooden rafters jutting out like the swords on the wheels of Queen Boudicca’s chariot.
The scenery around İbradı is simply breath-taking and it would be well worth walking the three km down the road to Ormana just to take advantage of the soaring, pine-clad mountains with beautiful craggy rock formations at their base. Unfortunately wildfires in 2021 ripped through this part of the country. I don’t know how much damage it sustained.
Sleeping
İbradı has one very simple hotel (Otel İbradı. Tel 0242-691 2424) on the main road if you get stuck or want to linger here.
Transport info
There are half a dozen dolmuş services to and from Akseki, continuing to Ormana and Ürünlü Köyü (for the Altın Beşik Mağarası/Golden Cradle Cave).
The road passes through the pretty hamlet of Emir Aşıklar where the Ali Paşa Konağı stands forlorn. Once a hotel in a faux Ottoman mansion with four fine Black Sea serenders (granaries) in its grounds, it has fallen on hard times and closed. A notice on the door asks you to call 0530-524 1841 but it’s unlikely you’ll be able to stay. 
House in Emir Aşıklar
