Yayladere is a town and county of Bingöl Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. It had previously been a sanjak (district) of the Vilayet of Erzurum. The county has an area of 430 km² and is bordered on the west by Tunceli and Elazig to the south. The Peri River forms the natural border to Elazig. The area is about 1,600 m above sea level. The mountains up to 2,800 m high. The two largest are the Sülbüs / Selbuz (2,884 m) and Sultan Mehmet / Taru. The local population is Kurdish with previous Armenian communities.

The district has twenty-six villages and eighty hamlets, most of the population are Alevi Muslims, however in recent decades there has been a shift towards sunni Islam. There are 2,000 people living in the district as per 2007 estimates. It is known for its goat dishes.