Turkey, in terms of boating, a large, and with it, a very peculiar potential. Rivers Turkey feed mainly on rainfall and snowmelt. This means that the peak flood occurs at the end of winter and beginning of spring. The ideal time to visit, and the passage of the rivers in the south of Turkey, is the beginning of April. But as the amount of rain and snow - a non-permanent phenomenon, and the level of rivers in the same time of year can be very different. The rivers of northern and eastern Turkey, the most opportune time for the alloy - the beginning of May.

Historical Province Tao Klarjeti, once belonged to neighboring Georgia, it is now in Turkey, so there are many monuments of ancient Georgian architecture.

Tortum Lake is also located in this area, on the way to the cathedral Ishkhani. Tortum Selalezi - a huge lake in length of eight kilometers (five miles) and a width of one kilometer. Lake "cut" from all sides by mountain cliffs and giant was formed by a landslide that blocked the northern exit from the valley. Most likely, it happened near the end of the last Ice Age, about 10 000-15 000 years ago, but some locals say that their ancestors remembered the cataclysm occurred, and believe that the lake is no more than 250 years.

The water in the lake, even on a sunny day is a milky beige, dirty-green or gray dull color, so swim there only daredevils, and the local population as the beaches using the rocky coast near the village of Balaklky, as well as the end of the peninsula, located eight kilometers to the north on the secondary road leading to Ёshk Bank. Near the lake is a cozy restaurant where you can after inspection church nearby, a good dinner.

If you drive twelve kilometers north of the turn to the Bank of Ёshk minor road, it is possible to get to the waterfalls Tortum. Turkish Electric Company (FEC) has built an artificial dam with a turbine on a natural dam. When you see the hydroelectric power station, it is necessary to turn off the road marked «Tortum Selalesi». Having gone a kilometer, you will see on the left a large rock with a 48-meter cascade. Spurs Dietl, Akseki and Kara, below the falls, his arms are compressed, thereby narrowing the valley and turning it into a beautiful canyon.

The road along the lake starts to climb and goes to a small local Pass 1150 m. From here a wonderful view of the lake - if green water is in the bowl of blue-yellow layered rocks. The colors are all very contrasting. And on the other side of the pass opens the delta of the river, crashed into a sandy beach, and a long road, along a winding ribbon of the river.

Before the hydroelectric plant is a narrow road. It takes place in the northern part of the lake, turn left and leads to the waterfalls Tortum Kaya, with stunning views. This waterfall pours from a height of fifty meters (164 feet) of water to their small rapids below. The landslide that created Tortum Gol also influenced the emergence of small ozёrets surrounded by debris, which is countless trout. Falling water captures with a large mass of air, so in a crevice under the waterfall is always a strong damp wind.

Lake and waterfall Tortum Tortum annually attracts hundreds of tourists. It is best to go to the edge of the spring as the summer GES takes for their needs virtually all the water. In the season on the lake is very frequented and crowded place - fishing, catamaran rental, camping, summer reigns the silence and solitude.