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Akdağ National Park
Çivril, Denizli
A protected area on Akdağ, the Aegean's second highest mountain, declared a national park in 2024, with red deer and vultures.
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Aladağlar National Park (Kayseri)
Yahyalı, Kayseri
A national park covering the highest part of the Taurus, notable on the Yahyalı side for the Hacer Forest, the Aksu Canyon and the Kapuzbaşı waterfalls.
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Altındere Valley National Park
Maçka, Trabzon
A national park that includes Sümela Monastery, known for its Oriental spruce forests and streamside walks.
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Başkomutan Historical National Park
Sinanpaşa, Afyonkarahisar
A historical national park declared in 1981 to protect the sites of the last great battles of the War of Independence.
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Beydağları Coastal (Olimpos-Beydağları) National Park
Kemer, Antalya
A national park stretching along the coast from Sarısu to Cape Gelidonya, protecting beaches, ancient cities and cedar forests.
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Beyşehir Lake National Park
Beyşehir, Konya
The country's largest national park, around Türkiye's largest freshwater lake, with its islands, coves, wooded slopes and historic buildings.
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Botan Valley National Park – Rasıl Hacar
Merkez, Siirt
The viewpoint of Botan Valley, Türkiye's 45th national park, closest to the city; Rasıl Hacar and the Taşbaşı caves looking down from above into the deep canyon carved by the Botan Çayı.
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Cilo and Sat Mountains National Park – Cennet Cehennem Valley (Heaven and Hell Valley)
Merkez, Hakkari
A valley on the Hakkari side of the national park declared in 2020, at the foot of Reşko (Uludoruk), Türkiye's second-highest peak, with glaciers and glacial waterfalls.
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Dilek Peninsula–Büyük Menderes Delta National Park
Kuşadası, Aydın
A national park at the tip of Samsun (Dilek) Dağı where it reaches the sea, with clear coves, the Canyon hike and delta wetlands.
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Divriği National Park
Divriği, Sivas
Türkiye's 50th national park, declared in 2024, covering the Divriği Ulu Mosque and the historic and natural area around it.
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Gala Gölü National Park
Enez, Edirne
A wetland national park in the Meriç (Evros) delta, home to more than a hundred bird species including the Dalmatian pelican.
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Geben Valley National Park
Andırın, Kahramanmaraş
A Taurus valley declared Türkiye's 50th national park in May 2025, with its meandering valley, karstic lakes and endemic plants.
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Güllük Dağı-Termessos National Park
Korkuteli, Antalya
A national park of about 6,700 hectares established in 1970, protecting Termessos and the forested slopes of Güllük Dağı.
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Hatila Valley National Park
Merkez, Artvin
A national park just west of Artvin protecting the Hatila Stream valley, known for its narrow canyons with waterfalls, steep slopes and more than 500 plant species.
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Honaz Dağı National Park
Honaz, Denizli
At 2571 m, the highest mountain in the Aegean Region; declared a national park in 1995, a natural boundary between the Aegean and the Mediterranean.
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İğneada Longoz Forests National Park
Demirköy, Kırklareli
A national park on the Black Sea coast protecting one of Europe's rare floodplain forests, with flooded longoz woods, lakes and dunes.
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Ilgaz Dağı National Park
Merkez, Kastamonu
A national park established in 1976 in the transition zone from the Black Sea to Central Anatolia, with black pine and fir forests, wildlife and winter sports.
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Kaçkar Mountains National Park (Upper Kavrun)
Çamlıhemşin, Rize
The Kaçkar Mountains National Park with its glacial lakes and endemic plants; on the Rize side, the Upper Kavrun Highland is the base camp for summit hikes.
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Karagöl–Sahara National Park (Sahara Yaylası)
Şavşat, Artvin
Sahara Yaylası, about 17 km from Şavşat, set on flats at 1700–1800 meters among spruce and fir forests; the second section of the national park.
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Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park
Kadirli, Osmaniye
A national park dating from 1958 on the shore of the Aslantaş Dam Lake, protecting archaeological sites within pine forests.
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Kazdağı National Park (Pınarbaşı)
Edremit, Balıkesir
A national park home to the endemic Kazdağı fir and dozens of endemic plants, visited via the Pınarbaşı and Hasanboğuldu entrances.
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Kızıldağ National Park
Şarkikaraağaç, Isparta
A national park covered with blue cedar forests on slopes overlooking Lake Beyşehir.
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Kop Mountain Defense Historical National Park and Kop Martyrs' Monument
Aşkale, Erzurum
A historical national park declared in 2016, scene of the Kop defense in the First World War, remembered with its martyrs' monument at the Kop Pass at 2,409 m.
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Kovada Lake National Park
Eğirdir, Isparta
A shallow lake and national park fed by the waters of Lake Eğirdir and surrounded by pine forests.
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Küre Mountains National Park
Azdavay, Kastamonu
A national park between Kastamonu and Bartın, with canyons, caves and karstic forests counted among Europe's forest hotspots in need of protection.
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Kuşcenneti National Park
Bandırma, Balıkesir
A bird sanctuary on the northeastern shore of Kuş Gölü, established in 1959 and holder of the European Diploma.
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Malazgirt Battlefield Historical National Park
Malazgirt, Muş
A historical national park declared in 2018 on the plain where the 1071 Battle of Malazgirt took place, hosting the 26 August commemoration events every year.
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Marmaris National Park
Marmaris, Muğla
A national park between Marmaris and Köyceğiz protecting red pine and sweetgum forests, coves and ancient remains.
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Munzur Valley National Park
Ovacık, Tunceli
A national park of about 42,000 hectares along the Munzur Çayı valley between Tunceli and Ovacık, declared in 1971 and known for its rich endemic flora.
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Mount Nemrut National Park and the Antiochus Tumulus
Kâhta, Adıyaman
A UNESCO World Heritage Site with King Antiochus I of Commagene's artificial summit tumulus and 8–9-meter statues of gods; famous for its sunrises and sunsets.
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Nemrut Caldera National Park
Tatvan, Bitlis
A national park declared in August 2026 protecting Türkiye's largest caldera; the viewpoint on the caldera rim is on the Tatvan road.
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Nene Hatun Historical National Park (Aziziye Redoubt and Grave of Nene Hatun)
Palandöken, Erzurum
A historical national park declared in 2009, protecting the defense in which the people retook the Aziziye Redoubt in the '93 War and the grave of Nene Hatun, the symbol of this resistance.
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Sarıçalı Dağı National Park
Nallıhan, Ankara
Ankara's youngest national park, declared in 2021 northwest of Nallıhan, with forests, Uyuzsuyu Waterfall and rich wildlife.
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Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park
Sarıkamış, Kars
A national park on the Kars–Erzurum border, declared in 2004, with pure Scots pine forests and the martyrs' memorials of the First World War Sarıkamış Operation.
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Soğuksu National Park
Kızılcahamam, Ankara
A national park established in 1959 right next to Kızılcahamam, with Scots pine forests, hiking trails and rare birds such as the cinereous vulture.
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Spil Dağı National Park
Yunusemre, Manisa
A mountain park overlooking the city, declared in 1968 and known for the endemic Manisa tulip and its wild horses.
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Tek Tek Mountains National Park
Harran, Şanlıurfa
A 19,335-hectare steppe plateau declared in 2007, containing ancient settlements such as Şuayb City, Soğmatar and Karahantepe.
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Uludağ National Park
Osmangazi, Bursa
The highest mountain in the Marmara; a symbol of Bursa, with a ski resort in winter and hiking and yayla routes in summer.
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Yedigöller (Seven Lakes) National Park
Merkez, Bolu
A national park protected since 1965 with seven connected lakes formed when landslides blocked the valleys, and its mixed forests.
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Yıldızkoy and Gökçeada Underwater National Park
Gökçeada, Çanakkale
A clear-water cove near Kaleköy on the shore of Türkiye's first underwater national park.
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Yozgat Çamlığı National Park
Merkez, Yozgat
Türkiye's first national park, declared in 1958; a relict black pine forest in the middle of the steppe just south of the city.