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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]
^ 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
# |
Name |
Photo |
Location |
Area (ha) |
Established
|
1 |
Yozgat Pine Grove National Park |
|
Yozgat |
267 |
1958
|
2 |
Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park |
|
Osmaniye |
4,143 |
1958
|
3 |
Soğuksu National Park |
|
Ankara |
1,187 |
1959
|
4 |
Kuşcenneti National Park |
|
Balıkesir |
17,058 |
1959
|
5 |
Uludağ National Park |
|
Bursa |
13,024 |
1961
|
6 |
Yedigöller National Park |
|
Bolu |
1,623 |
1965
|
7 |
Dilek Peninsula - Büyük Menderes Delta National Park |
|
Aydın |
27,598 |
1966
|
8 |
Spil Mount National Park |
|
Manisa |
6,801 |
1968
|
9 |
Kızıldağ National Park |
|
Isparta |
55,106 |
1969
|
10 |
Mount Güllük-Termessos National Park |
|
Antalya |
6,700 |
1970
|
11 |
Lake Kovada National Park |
|
Isparta |
6,551 |
1970
|
12 |
Munzur Valley National Park |
|
Tunceli |
42,674 |
1971
|
13 |
Beydağları Coastal National Park |
|
Antalya |
31,165 |
1972
|
14 |
Köprülü Canyon National Park |
|
Antalya |
35,719 |
1973
|
15 |
Mount Ilgaz National Park |
|
Kastamonu, Çankırı |
1,118 |
1976
|
16 |
Commander-in-Chief National Historic Park |
|
Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Uşak |
40,948 |
1981
|
17 |
Ancient Göreme National Park |
|
Nevşehir |
9,614 |
1986
|
18 |
Altındere Valley National Park |
|
Trabzon |
4,468 |
1987
|
19 |
Boğazköy-Alacahöyük National Park |
|
Çorum |
2,600 |
1988
|
20 |
Mount Nemrut National Park |
|
Adıyaman, Malatya |
13,827 |
1988
|
21 |
Lake Beyşehir National Park |
|
Konya |
86,855 |
1993
|
22 |
Kazdağı National Park |
|
Balıkesir |
20,935 |
1994
|
23 |
Altınbeşik Cave National Park |
|
Antalya |
1,147 |
1994
|
24 |
Hatila Valley National Park |
|
Artvin |
16,944 |
1994
|
25 |
Karagöl-Sahara National Park |
|
Artvin |
3,251 |
1994
|
26 |
Kaçkar Mountains National Park |
|
Rize, Artvin |
52,970 |
1994
|
27 |
Aladağlar National Park |
|
Niğde, Adana, Kayseri |
55,064 |
1995
|
28 |
Marmaris National Park |
|
Muğla |
29,206 |
1996
|
29 |
Saklıkent National Park |
|
Muğla, Antalya |
1,643 |
1996
|
30 |
Ancient Troya National Park |
|
Çanakkale |
13,517 |
1996
|
31 |
Mount Honaz National Park |
|
Denizli |
9,429 |
1998
|
32 |
Küre Mountains National Park |
|
Kastamonu, Bartın |
37,753 |
2000
|
33 |
Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park |
|
Kars, Erzurum |
22,519 |
2004
|
34 |
Mount Ararat National Park |
|
Ağrı, Iğdır |
88,014 |
2004
|
35 |
Lake Gala National Park |
|
Edirne |
6,087 |
2005
|
36 |
Sultan Reedy National Park |
|
Kayseri |
24,357 |
2006
|
37 |
Tek Tek Mountains National Park |
|
Şanlıurfa |
19,335 |
2007
|
38 |
İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park |
|
Kırklareli |
3,155 |
2007
|
39 |
Nene Hatun National Historic Park |
|
Erzurum |
387 |
2009
|
40 |
Battle of Sakarya National Historic Park |
|
Ankara |
13,850 |
2015
|
Former national parks
# |
Name |
Photo |
Location |
Area (ha) |
Notes
|
1 |
Gallipoli Peninsula Historical National Park |
|
Çanakkale |
33,439 |
Declared as national park in 1973. In 2015, status changed to special administration under "Gallipoli War Historical Site Directorate".
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See also
References
External links
List of national parks of Europe |
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