List of national parks of Turkey

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List of national parks of Turkey

The following is a list of national parks in Turkey.[4][5]

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Protected areas of Turkey[1]
TypeNumberArea (ha)
National parks (list)48911,204
Nature parks (list)261108,332
Nature preserve areas (list)3146,455
Wildlife protection areas (list)851,165,448
Nature monuments (list)1138,357
Protected Plains (list)25[2]221,229
Wetlands (National)59869,697
Wetlands (Local)3292,236
Grand total6543,422,958
Wetlands (Ramsar) (list)14[3]184,487
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View of Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park.
View of Cappadocia landscape

History

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The concept of a national park was introduced for the first time in Turkey by Selahattin İnal, who argued that "nature reserves should have the status of a national park and they should be determined according to natural beauty and touristic potential criteria."[6] The concept was included in the 25th article of the Forest Law adopted on 31 August 1956, and was included in the legal plane for the first time.[6] The General Directorate of Forestry, which is given the responsibility of the national parks by law, is authorized to declare a national park for the purpose of using it as a scientific and public sports and recreation area, provided that the fauna and flora of the forested areas are preserved.[7] Until 1983, only areas that had forest cover fell within the category of national parks, but the National Parks Law, which was adopted on 8 August 1983, new protection statuses such as nature parks, nature preserve areas, and nature monuments were established and areas with historical, touristic or cultural values could now be declared as national parks even if they were not covered by forests. [8] According to the current version of the law, the declaration of a new national park falls within the powers of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, which takes the advice of the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning on zoning, and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on historical and touristic matters.[8]

In the cases where the area set to become a national park consists of lands belonging to the public as well as fields belonging to the individuals, the area is taken under the control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, which can use measures such as expropriation, transfer, allocation or donation under the Expropriation Law.[6] The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has the right to organize, manage, or operate national parks.[6] The right to operate is valid only for national parks not covered by the state forests, and the right to operate the state forests cannot be transferred in accordance with article 169 of the constitution.[9] The management of the national parks is directly done by the Directorate of National Parks, a subbranch of the General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks, which itself is controlled by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.[10][11]

Yozgat Pine Grove National Park, one of the remaining ruins of the ancient forests in Central Anatolia, was declared Turkey's first national park on 5 February 1958.[12][13] Antalya has the highest number of national parks among the provinces by having five national parks within its boundaries. With a height of 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) and an area of 88,015 hectares (217,490 acres), Mount Ararat National Park is Turkey's largest and highest national park. The last area to be declared a national park was Botan Valley National Park, which was listed on 15 August 2019. Turkey has a total of 44 national parks, which cover an area of 853,383 hectares (2,108,760 acres).[14]

Key

  Included in the list of Ramsar sites in Turkey

National parks

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National parks Location Listing date Area Reference(s) Image
Mount Ararat National Park Ağrı, Iğdır 17 November 2004 88,015 hectares (880.15 km2) [15][16] Thumb
Anti-Taurus Mountains National Park Adana, Kayseri, Niğde 21 April 1995 55,064 hectares (550.64 km2) [17][18] Thumb
Altınbeşik Cave National Park Antalya 31 August 1994 1,147 hectares (11.47 km2) [19][20] Thumb
Altındere Valley National Park Trabzon 9 September 1987 4,468 hectares (44.68 km2) [21][22] Thumb
Commander-in-Chief National Historic Park Afyon, Kütahya, Uşak 8 November 1981 34,834 hectares (348.34 km2) [23][24] Thumb
Beydağları Coastal National Park Antalya 16 March 1972 31,166 hectares (311.66 km2) [25][26] Thumb
Derebucak Çamlık Caves National Park Konya 7 June 2022 1,147 hectares (11.47 km2) [27][28]
Lake Abant National Park Bolu 10 June 2022 127 hectares (1.27 km2) [29][30] Thumb
Lake Beyşehir National Park Konya 11 January 1993 86,855 hectares (868.55 km2) [31][32] Thumb
Boğazköy-Alacahöyük National Park Çorum 21 September 1988 2,600 hectares (26 km2) [33][34] Thumb
Botan Valley National Park Siirt 15 August 2019 11,384 hectares (113.84 km2) [35][36] Thumb
Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park Aydın 19 May 1966 27,598 hectares (275.98 km2) [37][38] Thumb
Hakkari Cilo-Sat Mountains National Park Hakkâri 26 September 2020 27,500 hectares (275 km2) [39] Thumb
Lake Gala National Park Edirne 5 March 2005 6,087 hectares (60.87 km2) [40][41] Thumb
Mount Güllük-Termessos National Park Antalya 3 November 1970 6,700 hectares (67 km2) [42][43] Thumb
Hatila Valley National Park Artvin 31 August 1994 16,944 hectares (169.44 km2) [20][44] Thumb
Mount Honaz National Park Denizli 21 April 1995 9,429 hectares (94.29 km2) [18][45] Thumb
Mount Ilgaz National Park Çankırı, Kastamonu 2 June 1976 1,118 hectares (11.18 km2) [46][47] Thumb
Mount Sarıçalı National Park Ankara 21 October 2021 1,024 hectares (10.24 km2) [48][49]
İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park Kırklareli 13 November 2007 3,155 hectares (31.55 km2) [50][51] Thumb
Independence Path National Historic Park Ankara, Çankırı, Kastamonu 2 November 2018 235 hectares (2.35 km2) [52][53] Not available
Kaçkar Mountains National Park Artvin, Erzurum, Rize 31 August 1994 52,970 hectares (529.7 km2) [54][55] Thumb
Karagöl-Sahara National Park Artvin 31 August 1994 3,251 hectares (32.51 km2) [20][56] Thumb
Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park Osmaniye 29 May 1958 4,143 hectares (41.43 km2) [57][58] Thumb
Kazdağı National Park Balıkesir 17 April 1994 20,935 hectares (209.35 km2) [59][60] Thumb
Kızıldağ National Park Isparta 9 May 1969 55,106 hectares (551.06 km2) [61][62] Thumb
Mount Kop Defense National Historic Park Bayburt, Erzurum 15 November 2016 6,335 hectares (63.35 km2) [63][64] Thumb
Lake Kovada National Park Isparta 3 November 1970 6,551 hectares (65.51 km2) [62][65] Thumb
Köprülü Canyon National Park Antalya 12 December 1973 35,719 hectares (357.19 km2) [66][67] Thumb
Kuşcenneti National Park Balıkesir 27 July 1959 17,058 hectares (170.58 km2) [68][69][70] Thumb
Küre Mountains National Park Bartın, Kastamonu 7 July 2000 37,753 hectares (377.53 km2) [71][72] Thumb
Battle of Manzikert National Historic Park Muş 5 February 2018 238 hectares (2.38 km2) [73][74] Not available
Marmaris National Park Muğla 8 March 1996 29,206 hectares (292.06 km2) [75][76] Thumb
Munzur Valley National Park Tunceli 21 December 1971 42,674 hectares (426.74 km2) [77][78] Thumb
Mount Nemrut National Park Adıyaman, Malatya 7 December 1988 13,827 hectares (138.27 km2) [79][80][81] Thumb
Nene Hatun National Historic Park Erzurum 6 June 2009 387 hectares (3.87 km2) [82][83] Not available
Battle of Sakarya National Historic Park Ankara 8 February 2015 13,850 hectares (138.5 km2) [84][85] Thumb
Saklıkent National Park Antalya, Muğla 6 June 1996 1,643 hectares (16.43 km2) [86][87] Thumb
Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park Erzurum, Kars 19 October 2004 22,520 hectares (225.2 km2) [88][89] Thumb
Soğuksu National Park Ankara 19 February 1959 1,186 hectares (11.86 km2) [90][91] Thumb
Mount Sipylus National Park İzmir, Manisa 22 April 1968 6,801 hectares (68.01 km2) [92][93] Thumb
Sultan Reedy National Park Kayseri 17 March 2006 24,358 hectares (243.58 km2) [94][95][96] Thumb
Tek Tek Mountains National Park Şanlıurfa 29 May 2007 19,335 hectares (193.35 km2) [97][98] Thumb
Ancient Troy National Park Çanakkale 7 November 1996 13,517 hectares (135.17 km2) [99][100][101] Thumb
Uludağ National Park Bursa 20 September 1961 13,024 hectares (130.24 km2) [102][103] Thumb
Yedigöller National Park Bolu 29 April 1965 1,623 hectares (16.23 km2) [104][105] Thumb
Yozgat Pine Grove National Park Yozgat 5 February 1958 267 hectares (2.67 km2) [106][107] Not available
Yumurtalık Lagoon National Park Adana 6 December 2008 16,980 hectares (169.8 km2) [108][109][110] Thumb
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National parks by province

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Province No. National parks
Antalya 5 Altınbeşik Cave National Park, Beydağları Coastal National Park, Mount Güllük-Termessos National Park, Köprülü Canyon National Park, Saklıkent National Park
Ankara 4 Independence Path National Historic Park, Battle of Sakarya National Historic Park, Soğuksu National Park, Mount Sarıçalı National Park
Artvin 3 Hatila Valley National Park, Kaçkar Mountains National Park, Karagöl-Sahara National Park
Erzurum 4 Kaçkar Mountains National Park, Mount Kop Defensive National Historic Park, Nene Hatun National Historic Park, Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park
Hakkâri 1 Hakkari Cilo-Sat Mountains National Park
Kastamonu 3 Mount Ilgaz National Park, Independence Path National Historic Park, Küre Mountains National Park
Adana 2 Anti-Taurus Mountains National Park, Yumurtalık Lagoon National Park
Balıkesir 2 Kazdağı National Park, Kuşcenneti National Park
Çankırı 2 Mount Ilgaz National Park, Independence Path National Historic Park
Isparta 2 Kızıldağ National Park, Lake Kovada National Park
Kayseri 2 Anti-Taurus Mountains National Park, Sultan Reedy National Park
Muğla 2 Marmaris National Park, Saklıkent National Park
Adıyaman 1 Mount Nemrut National Park
Afyon 1 Commander-in-Chief National Historic Park
Ağrı 1 Mount Ararat National Park
Aydın 1 Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park
Bartın 1 Küre Mountains National Park
Bayburt 1 Mount Kop Defensive National Historic Park
Bolu 2 Yedigöller National Park, Lake Abant National Park
Bursa 1 Uludağ National Park
Çanakkale 1 Ancient Troy National Park
Çorum 1 Boğazköy-Alacahöyük National Park
Denizli 1 Mount Honaz National Park
Edirne 1 Lake Gala National Park
Iğdır 1 Mount Ararat National Park
İzmir 1 Mount Sipylus National Park
Kars 1 Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park
Kırklareli 1 İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park
Konya 2 Lake Beyşehir National Park, Derebucak Çamlık Caves National Park
Kütahya 1 Commander-in-Chief National Historic Park
Malatya 1 Mount Nemrut National Park
Manisa 1 Mount Sipylus National Park
Muş 1 Battle of Manzikert National Historic Park
Niğde 1 Anti-Taurus Mountains National Park
Osmaniye 1 Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park
Rize 1 Kaçkar Mountains National Park
Siirt 1 Botan Valley National Park
Şanlıurfa 1 Tek Tek Mountains National Park
Trabzon 1 Altındere Valley National Park
Tunceli 1 Munzur Valley National Park
Uşak 1 Commander-in-Chief National Historic Park
Yozgat 1 Yozgat Pine Grove National Park
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Former national parks

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Name Province Listing date Delisting date Area Location Reference(s) Image Notes
Gallipoli Peninsula National Historic Park Çanakkale 26 May 1973 28 June 2014 334.39 km2
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[111][112][113] Thumb Status changed to special administration under "Gallipoli War Historical Site Directorate".
Göreme National Park Nevşehir 25 November 1986 22 October 2019 96.14 km2
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[114][115][116][117] Thumb Status changed to special administration under "Cappadocia Area Administration".
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