List of national parks of Turkey

National parks in Turkey are one of the five protected areas in the country. Approximately, 1% of Turkey's total area consist of national parks.[1]

TypeTotal numberTotal area (ha)
National parks (list)40[1]828,614
Nature parks (list)203[2]96,957
Nature preserve areas (list)3148,657
Wildlife protection areas (list)81[3]1,192
Nature monuments (list)112[4]6,683
Grand total2991,033,646
Wetlands (list)135 1[›]1,919,893

^ 1: There are 13 wetlands per Ramsar Convention, some of the Ramsar sites are also classified as above (e.g. Lake Kuş is also a national park.)

List of national parks

#NamePhotoLocationArea (ha)Established
1Yozgat Pine Grove National ParkYozgat2671958
2Karatepe-Aslantaş National ParkOsmaniye4,1431958
3Soğuksu National ParkAnkara1,1871959
4Kuşcenneti National ParkBalıkesir17,0581959
5Uludağ National ParkBursa13,0241961
6Yedigöller National ParkBolu1,6231965
7Dilek Peninsula - Büyük Menderes Delta National ParkAydın27,5981966
8Spil Mount National ParkManisa6,8011968
9Kızıldağ National ParkIsparta55,1061969
10Mount Güllük-Termessos National ParkAntalya6,7001970
11Lake Kovada National ParkIsparta6,5511970
12Munzur Valley National ParkTunceli42,6741971
13Beydağları Coastal National ParkAntalya31,1651972
14Köprülü Canyon National ParkAntalya35,7191973
15Mount Ilgaz National ParkKastamonu, Çankırı1,1181976
16Commander-in-Chief National Historic ParkAfyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Uşak40,9481981
17Ancient Göreme National ParkNevşehir9,6141986
18Altındere Valley National ParkTrabzon4,4681987
19Boğazköy-Alacahöyük National ParkÇorum2,6001988
20Mount Nemrut National ParkAdıyaman, Malatya13,8271988
21Lake Beyşehir National ParkKonya86,8551993
22Kazdağı National ParkBalıkesir20,9351994
23Altınbeşik Cave National ParkAntalya1,1471994
24Hatila Valley National ParkArtvin16,9441994
25Karagöl-Sahara National ParkArtvin3,2511994
26Kaçkar Mountains National ParkRize, Artvin52,9701994
27Aladağlar National ParkNiğde, Adana, Kayseri55,0641995
28Marmaris National ParkMuğla29,2061996
29Saklıkent National ParkMuğla, Antalya1,6431996
30Ancient Troya National ParkÇanakkale13,5171996
31Mount Honaz National ParkDenizli9,4291998
32Küre Mountains National ParkKastamonu, Bartın37,7532000
33Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National ParkKars, Erzurum22,5192004
34Mount Ararat National ParkAğrı, Iğdır88,0142004
35Lake Gala National ParkEdirne6,0872005
36Sultan Reedy National ParkKayseri24,3572006
37Tek Tek Mountains National ParkŞanlıurfa19,3352007
38İğneada Floodplain Forests National ParkKırklareli3,1552007
39Nene Hatun National Historic ParkErzurum3872009
40Battle of Sakarya National Historic ParkAnkara13,8502015

Former national parks

#NamePhotoLocationArea (ha)Notes
1Gallipoli Peninsula Historical National ParkÇanakkale33,439Declared as national park in 1973. In 2015, status changed to special administration under "Gallipoli War Historical Site Directorate".

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "TÜRKİYE'NİN MİLLİ PARKLARI" (PDF) (in Turkish). milliparklar.gov.tr. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "TÜRKİYE'NİN TABİAT PARKLARI" (PDF) (in Turkish). milliparklar.gov.tr. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "YABAN HAYATI GELİŞTİRME SAHALARI" (PDF) (in Turkish). milliparklar.gov.tr. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "TÜRKİYE'NİN TABİAT ANITLARI" (PDF) (in Turkish). milliparklar.gov.tr. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
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