List of national parks of Turkey

View of Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park.

View of Cappadocia landscape

The following is a list of national parks in Turkey.<ref name="WDPA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

History

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."<ref name=hamovmpk>Template:Cite journal</ref> 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.<ref name=hamovmpk/> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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. <ref name=mpk>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name=mpk/>

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.<ref name=hamovmpk/> The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has the right to organize, manage, or operate national parks.<ref name=hamovmpk/> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Antalya has the highest number of national parks among the provinces by having five national parks within its boundaries. With a height of Template:Convert and an area of Template:Convert, 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 Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

National parks

National parks	Location	Listing date	Area	Reference(s)	Image
Mount Ararat National Park	Ağrı, Iğdır	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Aladağlar National Park	Adana, Kayseri, Niğde	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=rega21041995>Template:Cite news</ref>
Altınbeşik Cave National Park	Antalya	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=rega31894>Template:Cite news</ref>
Altındere Valley National Park	Trabzon	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Commander-in-Chief National Historic Park	Afyon, Kütahya, Uşak	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Beydağları Coastal National Park	Antalya	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Derebucak Çamlık Caves National Park	Konya	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref name="kk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Lake Abant National Park	Bolu	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="tkp">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Lake Beyşehir National Park	Konya	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Boğazköy-Alacahöyük National Park	Çorum	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Botan Valley National Park	Siirt	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park	Aydın	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Hakkari Cilo-Sat Mountains National Park	Hakkâri	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Lake Gala National Park	Edirne	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Mount Güllük-Termessos National Park	Antalya	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Hatila Valley National Park	Artvin	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref name=rega31894/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Mount Honaz National Park	Denizli	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref name=rega21041995/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	File:Karlı Honaz Dağı.jpg
Mount Ilgaz National Park	Çankırı, Kastamonu	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	File:Kastamonu, Ilgaz, Çam ormanları Eylül 2015 - panoramio (2).jpg
Mount Sarıçalı National Park	Ankara	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref name="ah1">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="am1">Template:Cite news</ref>
İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park	Kırklareli	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	File:Beach and cows Iğneada floodplain.jpg
Independence Path National Historic Park	Ankara, Çankırı, Kastamonu	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:N/a
Kaçkar Mountains National Park	Artvin, Erzurum, Rize	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	File:Kavron Göller Bölgesi ( Deniz gölü ).jpg
Karagöl-Sahara National Park	Artvin	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref name=rega31894/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	File:Föfbfb.jpg
Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park	Osmaniye	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite thesis</ref>	File:KaratepeNVr13-11.jpg
Kazdağı National Park	Balıkesir	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	File:Şahinderesi Canyon.jpg
Kızıldağ National Park	Isparta	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=ıimprfk>Template:Cite journal</ref>	File:Dipoyraz, auch Dedegöl genannt, 2980 m.jpg
Mount Kop Defense National Historic Park	Bayburt, Erzurum	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	File:KOP GEÇİDİ 2.jpg
Lake Kovada National Park	Isparta	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref name=ıimprfk/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	File:Lake Kovada.jpg
Köprülü Canyon National Park	Antalya	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	File:Köprülü Kanyon.JPG
Kuşcenneti National Park	Balıkesir	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite thesis</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	File:Manyas1.JPG
Küre Mountains National Park	Bartın, Kastamonu	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	File:Çatak Kanyonu1.jpg
Battle of Manzikert National Historic Park	Muş	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:N/a
Marmaris National Park	Muğla	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	File:48710 Bozburun-Marmaris-Muğla, Turkey - panoramio (8).jpg
Munzur Valley National Park	Tunceli	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	File:Munzur Valley National Park, Turkey (Unsplash).jpg
Mount Nemrut National Park	Adıyaman, Malatya	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite thesis</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	File:Mount Nemrut (3).JPG
Nene Hatun National Historic Park	Erzurum	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:N/a
Battle of Sakarya National Historic Park	Ankara	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	File:Battle Of Sakarya Statue.jpg
Saklıkent National Park	Antalya, Muğla	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	File:SAKLIKENT - panoramio - HALUK COMERTEL (1).jpg
Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park	Erzurum, Kars	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	File:Sarıkamış-handere1.jpg
Soğuksu National Park	Ankara	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	File:Soğuksu National Park.jpg
Mount Sipylus National Park	İzmir, Manisa	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=sdmpnt>Template:Cite journal</ref>	File:The Weeping Rock in Mount Sipylus, Manisa, Turkey, known as Niobe's Rock, a rock in the shape of a weeping woman, which the ancient Greeks believed to be Niobe (19170639905).jpg
Sultan Reedy National Park	Kayseri	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	File:Sultan Sazlığı - Köprü.jpg
Tek Tek Mountains National Park	Şanlıurfa	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	File:Sumatar9.jpg
Ancient Troy National Park	Çanakkale	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	File:Alexandria Troas Thermen.JPG
Uludağ National Park	Bursa	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	File:Uludag.JPG
Yedigöller National Park	Bolu	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite thesis</ref>	File:YEDİGÖLLER.jpg
Yozgat Pine Grove National Park	Yozgat	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:N/a
Yumurtalık Lagoon National Park	Adana	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	File:Pancratium maritimum 04.JPG

National parks by province

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	Aladağlar National Park, Template:Bg
Balıkesir	2	Kazdağı National Park, Template:Bg
Çankırı	2	Mount Ilgaz National Park, Independence Path National Historic Park
Isparta	2	Kızıldağ National Park, Lake Kovada National Park
Kayseri	2	Aladağlar National Park, Template:Bg
Muğla	2	Marmaris National Park, Saklıkent National Park
Adıyaman	1	Template:Bg
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	Template:Bg
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	Aladağlar 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

Former national parks

Name	Province	Listing date	Delisting date	Area	Location	Reference(s)	Image	Notes
Gallipoli Peninsula National Historic Park	Çanakkale	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	334.39 km2	Template:Location map	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	File:Çanakkale Şehitler Abidesi.jpg	Status changed to special administration under "Gallipoli War Historical Site Directorate".
Göreme National Park	Nevşehir	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	96.14 km2	Template:Location map	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	File:Autumn in Göreme Valley.jpg	Status changed to special administration under "Cappadocia Area Administration".

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