Yaylakent () is a village in the

Çayırlı District Çayırlı District is a district of Erzincan Province in Turkey. The municipality of Çayırlı is the seat and the district had a population of 8,383 in 2021. Its area is 1,062 km2. The district was established in 1954. Composition T ...

Erzincan Province Erzincan Province (; ; ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. In Turkey, its capital is also called Erzincan. Its area is 11,815 km2, and its population is 239,223 (2022). Geography Erzincan is trav ...

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. The village is populated by

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of the Alan tribe and had a population of 111 in 2021. The

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of Örenşehir is attached to the village.

Covid pandemic

The village of Yaylakent in the Çayırlı district of Erzincan was quarantined as part of the measures to combat the corona virus. In the information received from the Çayırlı District Governorship, "According to the decision of the Erzincan Provincial Public Health Council, the Yaylakent village of our

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has been quarantined for 14 days as of April 15, 2020, within the scope of the measures to combat the corona virus, and entry and exit to our village has been prohibited." it was said. On the other hand, on March 30, the practice in Eskibağlar and Gediktepe villages, which were quarantined within the scope of new type of

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measures, in the Kemah district of Erzincan was lifted.

References

Villages in Çayırlı District Kurdish settlements in Erzincan Province {{Erzincan-geo-stub