thumb|300px|View of [[Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park. ]]
thumb|300px|View of [[Cappadocia landscape]]
The following is a list of national parks in Turkey.
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." 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. 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.
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. 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.
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. Antalya has the highest number of national parks among the provinces by having five national parks within its boundaries. With a height of and an area of , 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 .
Key
National parks
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!National parks
!Location
!Listing date
!Area
!class="unsortable"|Reference(s)
!class="unsortable"|Image
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|Mount Ararat National Park
|Ağrı, Iğdır
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation"|150px
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|Aladağlar National Park
|Adana, Kayseri, Niğde
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Altınbeşik Cave National Park
|Antalya
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Altındere Valley National Park
|Trabzon
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation"|150px
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|Commander-in-Chief National Historic Park
|Afyon, Kütahya, Uşak
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Beydağları Coastal National Park
|Antalya
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Derebucak Çamlık Caves National Park
|Konya
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|align="center" |
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|Lake Abant National Park
|Bolu
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|align="center" |
|150px
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|Lake Beyşehir National Park
|Konya
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Boğazköy-Alacahöyük National Park
|Çorum
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Botan Valley National Park
|Siirt
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park
|Aydın
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Hakkari Cilo-Sat Mountains National Park
|Hakkâri
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Lake Gala National Park
|Edirne
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Mount Güllük-Termessos National Park
|Antalya
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Hatila Valley National Park
|Artvin
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Mount Honaz National Park
|Denizli
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Mount Ilgaz National Park
|Çankırı, Kastamonu
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Mount Sarıçalı National Park
|Ankara
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|align="center" |
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|İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park
|Kırklareli
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Independence Path National Historic Park
|Ankara, Çankırı, Kastamonu
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|align="center" |
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|Kaçkar Mountains National Park
|Artvin, Erzurum, Rize
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Karagöl-Sahara National Park
|Artvin
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park
|Osmaniye
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Kazdağı National Park
|Balıkesir
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Kızıldağ National Park
|Isparta
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Mount Kop Defense National Historic Park
|Bayburt, Erzurum
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Lake Kovada National Park
|Isparta
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Köprülü Canyon National Park
|Antalya
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|bgcolor="#CEDFF2"|Kuşcenneti National Park
|Balıkesir
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Küre Mountains National Park
|Bartın, Kastamonu
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Battle of Manzikert National Historic Park
|Muş
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|align="center" |
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|Marmaris National Park
|Muğla
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Munzur Valley National Park
|Tunceli
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|bgcolor="#CFECD2"|Mount Nemrut National Park
|Adıyaman, Malatya
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Nene Hatun National Historic Park
|Erzurum
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|align="center" |
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|Battle of Sakarya National Historic Park
|Ankara
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Saklıkent National Park
|Antalya, Muğla
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park
|Erzurum, Kars
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Soğuksu National Park
|Ankara
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Mount Sipylus National Park
|İzmir, Manisa
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|bgcolor="#CEDFF2"|Sultan Reedy National Park
|Kayseri
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Tek Tek Mountains National Park
|Şanlıurfa
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|bgcolor="#CFECD2"|Ancient Troy National Park
|Çanakkale
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Uludağ National Park
|Bursa
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Yedigöller National Park
|Bolu
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|Yozgat Pine Grove National Park
|Yozgat
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|align="center" |
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|bgcolor="#CEDFF2"|Yumurtalık Lagoon National Park
|Adana
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|align="center" |
|role="presentation" |150px
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|}
National parks by province
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Province
! No.
!class="unsortable"| National parks
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| Antalya
| align="center"| 5
| Altınbeşik Cave National Park, Beydağları Coastal National Park, Mount Güllük-Termessos National Park, Köprülü Canyon National Park, Saklıkent National Park
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| Ankara
| align="center"| 4
| Independence Path National Historic Park, Battle of Sakarya National Historic Park, Soğuksu National Park, Mount Sarıçalı National Park
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| Artvin
| align="center"| 3
| Hatila Valley National Park, Kaçkar Mountains National Park, Karagöl-Sahara National Park
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| Erzurum
| align="center"| 4
| Kaçkar Mountains National Park, Mount Kop Defensive National Historic Park, Nene Hatun National Historic Park, Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park
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| Hakkâri
| align="center"| 1
| Hakkari Cilo-Sat Mountains National Park
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| Kastamonu
| align="center"| 3
| Mount Ilgaz National Park, Independence Path National Historic Park, Küre Mountains National Park
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| Adana
| align="center"| 2
| Aladağlar National Park,
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| Balıkesir
| align="center"| 2
| Kazdağı National Park,
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| Çankırı
| align="center"| 2
| Mount Ilgaz National Park, Independence Path National Historic Park
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| Isparta
| align="center"| 2
| Kızıldağ National Park, Lake Kovada National Park
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| Kayseri
| align="center"| 2
| Aladağlar National Park,
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| Muğla
| align="center"| 2
| Marmaris National Park, Saklıkent National Park
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| Adıyaman
| align="center"| 1
|
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| Afyon
| align="center"| 1
| Commander-in-Chief National Historic Park
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| Ağrı
| align="center"| 1
| Mount Ararat National Park
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| Aydın
| align="center"| 1
| Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park
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| Bartın
| align="center"| 1
| Küre Mountains National Park
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| Bayburt
| align="center"| 1
| Mount Kop Defensive National Historic Park
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| Bolu
| align="center"| 2
| Yedigöller National Park, Lake Abant National Park
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| Bursa
| align="center"| 1
| Uludağ National Park
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| Çanakkale
| align="center"| 1
|
|-
| Çorum
| align="center"| 1
| Boğazköy-Alacahöyük National Park
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| Denizli
| align="center"| 1
| Mount Honaz National Park
|-
| Edirne
| align="center"| 1
| Lake Gala National Park
|-
| Iğdır
| align="center"| 1
| Mount Ararat National Park
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| İzmir
| align="center"| 1
| Mount Sipylus National Park
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| Kars
| align="center"| 1
| Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park
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| Kırklareli
| align="center"| 1
| İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park
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| Konya
| align="center"| 2
| Lake Beyşehir National Park, Derebucak Çamlık Caves National Park
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| Kütahya
| align="center"| 1
| Commander-in-Chief National Historic Park
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| Malatya
| align="center"| 1
| Mount Nemrut National Park
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| Manisa
| align="center"| 1
| Mount Sipylus National Park
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| Muş
| align="center"| 1
| Battle of Manzikert National Historic Park
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| Niğde
| align="center"| 1
| Aladağlar National Park
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| Osmaniye
| align="center"| 1
| Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park
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| Rize
| align="center"| 1
| Kaçkar Mountains National Park
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| Siirt
| align="center"| 1
| Botan Valley National Park
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| Şanlıurfa
| align="center"| 1
| Tek Tek Mountains National Park
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| Trabzon
| align="center"| 1
| Altındere Valley National Park
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| Tunceli
| align="center"| 1
| Munzur Valley National Park
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| Uşak
| align="center"| 1
| Commander-in-Chief National Historic Park
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| Yozgat
| align="center"| 1
| Yozgat Pine Grove National Park
|}
Former national parks
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Province
!Listing date
!Delisting date
!Area
!Location
!Reference(s)
!Image
!Notes
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|Gallipoli Peninsula National Historic Park
|Çanakkale
|
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|334.39 km<sup>2</sup>
|
|align="center" |
|role="presentation"|150px
| Status changed to special administration under "Gallipoli War Historical Site Directorate".
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|bgcolor="#CFECD2"|Göreme National Park
|Nevşehir
|
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|96.14 km<sup>2</sup>
|
|align="center" |
|role="presentation"|150px
| Status changed to special administration under "Cappadocia Area Administration".
|}
Map
References
;Inline citations
;Sources
External links
- National parks map system