Boyalık is a village in the İliç District of Erzincan Province in Turkey.[1] Its population is 169 (2022).[2] As of 2000, it has 2 mosques and 80 houses along with 45 village guards.[3]: 193  Although the village itself has no historical remains, there are well-preserved traces of the old caravan route called the Padişah Yolu, or "sultan's road", below Boyalık to the south.[3]: 193  This section of the road is scoured from the mountainside and represents part of the ancient Roman road running east to Kemah and Erzincan.[3]: 190, 3  The road comes to Boyalık from Hasanova in the west and climbs eastward through "a fertile valley lined with stunted oak trees" to the high plain called Gâvuroluğu, or the "infidels' passage".[3]: 193 

Boyalık
Boyalık is located in Turkey
Boyalık
Boyalık
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 39°33′52″N 38°38′20″E / 39.5644°N 38.6390°E / 39.5644; 38.6390
CountryTurkey
ProvinceErzincan
Districtİliç
Population
 (2022)
169
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

References

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  1. ^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d Mitford, Timothy Bruce (2021). Discovering Rome's Eastern Frontier: On Foot Through a Vanished World. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-284342-5. Retrieved 2 September 2022.