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All 54 of Turkey's national parks, from sea reserves to 3,400-m peaks

Skiing on Uludağ

Skiing on Uludağ. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Turkey protects 54 national parks (millî park), the most recent declared in August 2026, covering 3.3 million hectares from marine reserves on the Aegean to the 3,400-m Cilo and Sat mountains. The system mixes pure nature (Kaçkar, Yedigöller, the longoz floodplain forests) with history: battlefields, Hittite capitals and the stone heads of Nemrut.

Three former parks now sit under separate area presidencies rather than the national park system: Gelibolu (Gallipoli), Göreme (Cappadocia) and Yumurtalık Lagoon. This is the complete current list, cross-referenced with the official register.

Lake Abant in the Bolu mountains
Abant GölüBlack Sea · The crater lake and its forests in the Bolu mountains.
Mount Ararat, eastern Turkey
Ağrı DağıEastern Anatolia · Mount Ararat (5,137 m) and its foothills.
A
AkdağAegean · The high plateau between Afyonkarahisar and Denizli.
A
AladağlarCentral Anatolia · The limestone high Taurus: Demirkazık (3,756 m) and trekking.
A
Altınbeşik MağarasıMediterranean · Turkey's largest underground lake cave, in the Taurus.
The Sumela Monastery, Altındere valley
Altındere VadisiBlack Sea · The valley of the Sumela Monastery.
B
Başkomutan TarihîAegean · The Dumlupınar battlefields of the 1922 War of Independence.
B
Beydağları SahilMediterranean · The Olympos coast: the Bey Mountains meeting the sea.
B
Beyşehir GölüCentral Anatolia · Turkey's largest freshwater lake and its birdlife.
The Lion Gate at Hattuşa
Boğazköy-AlacahöyükCentral Anatolia · The Hittite capital Hattuşa and its archaeology.
B
Botan VadisiSoutheastern Anatolia · The deep canyon of the Botan river in Siirt.
D
Derebucak Çamlık MağaralarıCentral Anatolia · The cave systems of the western Taurus.
D
Dilek Yarımadası-Büyük Menderes DeltasıAegean · The Aegean peninsula and the Menderes delta wetlands.
D
DivriğiCentral Anatolia · The highlands around Divriği's great mosque.
F
Fethiye-Kaş DenizMediterranean · The marine park of the Turquoise Coast (declared 2026).
G
Gala GölüMarmara · The bird lake on the Meriç delta near Edirne.
G
Geben VadisiMediterranean · The high valley of the central Taurus (declared 2025).
The gymnasium at Termessos
Güllük Dağı (Termessos)Mediterranean · The mountain city Alexander never took.
H
Hakkâri Cilo ve Sat DağlarıEastern Anatolia · The 3,400-m peaks of the far southeast.
H
Hatila VadisiBlack Sea · The deep forested canyon of Artvin.
H
Honaz DağıAegean · The 2,571-m peak above Denizli.
I
Ilgaz DağıBlack Sea · The ski and forest mountain of the western Black Sea.
İ
İğneada Longoz OrmanlarıMarmara · The floodplain forests on the Black Sea coast.
İ
İstiklâl Yolu TarihîCentral Anatolia · The Independence War supply route through Kastamonu.
Ayder plateau in the Kaçkar mountains
Kaçkar DağlarıBlack Sea · Glacial peaks to 3,937 m: Turkey's trekking capital.
K
Karagöl-SaharaBlack Sea · The alpine lakes of Şavşat, Artvin.
K
Karatepe-AslantaşMediterranean · The Hittite fortress and its open-air museum.
K
Kazdağı (Mount Ida)Marmara · The mythic mountain of the gods above Edremit.
K
KızıldağMediterranean · The cedar forests of the western Taurus.
K
Kop Dağı Müdafaası TarihîEastern Anatolia · The WWI mountain battlefields of Erzurum.
K
Kovada GölüMediterranean · The lake and its surrounding forests in Isparta.
K
Köprülü KanyonMediterranean · White-water rafting under the Roman bridge.
K
KuşcennetiMarmara · The Bird Paradise on Lake Manyas.
K
Kuzey Ege DenizMarmara · The marine park of the northern Aegean (declared 2026).
K
Küre DağlarıBlack Sea · The old-growth forests and canyons of Kastamonu.
M
Malazgirt Meydan Muharebesi TarihîEastern Anatolia · The 1071 battlefield that opened Anatolia to the Turks.
M
MarmarisAegean · The pine forests and bays around Marmaris.
M
Munzur VadisiEastern Anatolia · The Munzur river valley in Tunceli.
The statues on Mount Nemrut
Nemrut DağıSoutheastern Anatolia · The stone heads at sunrise.
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Nemrut KalderasıEastern Anatolia · The crater lake caldera above Tatvan (declared 2026).
N
Nene Hatun TarihîEastern Anatolia · The 1877 Russo-Turkish war memorial in Erzurum.
S
Sakarya Meydan Muharebesi TarihîCentral Anatolia · The 1921 Sakarya battlefields west of Ankara.
Saklıkent Gorge
SaklıkentMediterranean · The 18-km canyon, walkable in summer.
S
Sarıçalı DağıCentral Anatolia · The high steppe above Ankara.
S
Sarıkamış-Allahuekber DağlarıEastern Anatolia · The WWI Sarıkamış battlefields and forests.
S
SoğuksuCentral Anatolia · The cool forests of Kızılcahamam, near Ankara.
S
Spil DağıAegean · The mountain of Tantalus above Manisa.
S
SultansazlığıCentral Anatolia · The Sultan Marshes: flamingos and 300 bird species.
T
Tek Tek DağlarıSoutheastern Anatolia · The basalt hills around Şanlıurfa.
The archaeological site of Troy
Troya TarihîMarmara · Homer's city at the Dardanelles.
Skiing on Uludağ
UludağMarmara · The ski mountain above Bursa.
Lake Van
Van Gölü Deveboynu YarımadasıEastern Anatolia · The peninsula on Lake Van's north shore (declared 2026).
Y
YedigöllerBlack Sea · The Seven Lakes: autumn colours at their best.
Y
Yozgat ÇamlığıCentral Anatolia · Turkey's first national park (1958): relict pine forest.

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