The following is a list ofnational parks inTurkey.^[4][5]

The concept of a national park was introduced for the first time in Turkey bySelahattin 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 theForest 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 thefauna andflora of the forested areas are preserved.^[7] Until 1983, only areas that had forest cover fell within the category of national parks, but theNational Parks Law, which was adopted on 8 August 1983, new protection statuses such asnature parks,nature preserve areas, andnature 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 theMinistry of Agriculture and Forestry, which takes the advice of theMinistry of Environment and Urban Planning on zoning, and theMinistry 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 asexpropriation, transfer, allocation or donation under theExpropriation 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 thestate forests, and the right to operate the state forests cannot be transferred in accordance with article 169 of theconstitution.^[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 inCentral 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 wasBotan 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]

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]
Aladağlar National Park	Adana,Kayseri,Niğde	21 April 1995	55,064 hectares (550.64 km2)	[17][18]
Altınbeşik Cave National Park	Antalya	31 August 1994	1,147 hectares (11.47 km2)	[19][20]
Altındere Valley National Park	Trabzon	9 September 1987	4,468 hectares (44.68 km2)	[21][22]
Commander-in-Chief National Historic Park	Afyon,Kütahya,Uşak	8 November 1981	34,834 hectares (348.34 km2)	[23][24]
Beydağları Coastal National Park	Antalya	16 March 1972	31,166 hectares (311.66 km2)	[25][26]
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]
Lake Beyşehir National Park	Konya	11 January 1993	86,855 hectares (868.55 km2)	[31][32]
Boğazköy-Alacahöyük National Park	Çorum	21 September 1988	2,600 hectares (26 km2)	[33][34]
Botan Valley National Park	Siirt	15 August 2019	11,384 hectares (113.84 km2)	[35][36]
Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park	Aydın	19 May 1966	27,598 hectares (275.98 km2)	[37][38]
Hakkari Cilo-Sat Mountains National Park	Hakkâri	26 September 2020	27,500 hectares (275 km2)	[39]
Lake Gala National Park	Edirne	5 March 2005	6,087 hectares (60.87 km2)	[40][41]
Mount Güllük-Termessos National Park	Antalya	3 November 1970	6,700 hectares (67 km2)	[42][43]
Hatila Valley National Park	Artvin	31 August 1994	16,944 hectares (169.44 km2)	[20][44]
Mount Honaz National Park	Denizli	21 April 1995	9,429 hectares (94.29 km2)	[18][45]
Mount Ilgaz National Park	Çankırı,Kastamonu	2 June 1976	1,118 hectares (11.18 km2)	[46][47]
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]
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]
Karagöl-Sahara National Park	Artvin	31 August 1994	3,251 hectares (32.51 km2)	[20][56]
Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park	Osmaniye	29 May 1958	4,143 hectares (41.43 km2)	[57][58]
Kazdağı National Park	Balıkesir	17 April 1994	20,935 hectares (209.35 km2)	[59][60]
Kızıldağ National Park	Isparta	9 May 1969	55,106 hectares (551.06 km2)	[61][62]
Mount Kop Defense National Historic Park	Bayburt,Erzurum	15 November 2016	6,335 hectares (63.35 km2)	[63][64]
Lake Kovada National Park	Isparta	3 November 1970	6,551 hectares (65.51 km2)	[62][65]
Köprülü Canyon National Park	Antalya	12 December 1973	35,719 hectares (357.19 km2)	[66][67]
Kuşcenneti National Park	Balıkesir	27 July 1959	17,058 hectares (170.58 km2)	[68][69][70]
Küre Mountains National Park	Bartın,Kastamonu	7 July 2000	37,753 hectares (377.53 km2)	[71][72]
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]
Munzur Valley National Park	Tunceli	21 December 1971	42,674 hectares (426.74 km2)	[77][78]
Mount Nemrut National Park	Adıyaman,Malatya	7 December 1988	13,827 hectares (138.27 km2)	[79][80][81]
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]
Saklıkent National Park	Antalya,Muğla	6 June 1996	1,643 hectares (16.43 km2)	[86][87]
Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park	Erzurum,Kars	19 October 2004	22,520 hectares (225.2 km2)	[88][89]
Soğuksu National Park	Ankara	19 February 1959	1,186 hectares (11.86 km2)	[90][91]
Mount Sipylus National Park	İzmir,Manisa	22 April 1968	6,801 hectares (68.01 km2)	[92][93]
Sultan Reedy National Park	Kayseri	17 March 2006	24,358 hectares (243.58 km2)	[94][95][96]
Tek Tek Mountains National Park	Şanlıurfa	29 May 2007	19,335 hectares (193.35 km2)	[97][98]
Ancient Troy National Park	Çanakkale	7 November 1996	13,517 hectares (135.17 km2)	[99][100][101]
Uludağ National Park	Bursa	20 September 1961	13,024 hectares (130.24 km2)	[102][103]
Yedigöller National Park	Bolu	29 April 1965	1,623 hectares (16.23 km2)	[104][105]
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]

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		[111][112][113]		Status changed to special administration under "Gallipoli War Historical Site Directorate".
Göreme National Park	Nevşehir	25 November 1986	22 October 2019	96.14 km2		[114][115][116][117]		Status changed to special administration under "Cappadocia Area Administration".

Aladağlar

Altınbeşik Cave

Altındere Valley

Mount Ararat

Commander-in-Chief

Beydağları Coast

Lake Abant

Lake Beyşehir

Boğazköy-Alacahöyük

Botan Valley

Derebucak Çamlık Caves

Dilek-Büyük Menderes

Hakkari Cilo-Sat Mountains

Lake Gala

Mount Güllük-Termessos

Hatila Valley

Mount Honaz

Mount Ilgaz

Mount Sarıçalı

İğneada Floodplain Forests

Independence Path

Kaçkar Mountains

Karagöl-Sahara

Karatepe-Aslantaş

Kazdağı

Kızıldağ

Mount Kop Defensive

Lake Kovada

Köprülü Canyon

Kuşcenneti

Küre Mountains

Battle of Manzikert

Marmaris

Munzur Valley

Mount Nemrut

Nene Hatun

Battle of Sakarya

Saklıkent

Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains

Soğuksu

Mount Sipylus

Sultan Reedy

Tek Tek Mountains

Ancient Troy

Uludağ

Yedigöller

Yozgat Pine Grove

Yumurtalık Lagoon

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Location of the national parks of Turkey on map.

Inline citations

Sources

• "Milli Parklar (MP), 1958-2018".Doğa Koruma ve Milli Parklar Genel Müdürlüğü. Archived fromthe original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved10 August 2018.
• "Ülkemizin Milli Parkları (44 Adet)"(PDF).Doğa Koruma ve Milli Parklar Genel Müdürlüğü. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2 February 2020. Retrieved2 February 2020.

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