Protected areas of Turkey[1]
TypeNumberArea (ha)
National parks (list)48911,204
Nature parks (list)261108,332
Nature preserve areas (list)3146,455
Wildlife protection areas (list)851,165,448
Nature monuments (list)1138,357
Protected Plains (list)25[2]221,229
Wetlands (National)59869,697
Wetlands (Local)3292,236
Grand total6543,422,958
Wetlands (Ramsar) (list)14[3]184,487

This is a list of Ramsar sites in Turkey. As of April 2013, there are 14 Ramsar sites, which were designated between 1994 and 2013.

Ramsar IDRamsar siteProvinceEst. dateİmage
3TR001Göksu DeltaMersin1994-07-13
3TR002Lake BurdurBurdur1994-07-13
3TR003Lake SeyfeKırşehir1994-07-13
3TR004Lake KuşBalıkesir1994-07-13
3TR005Sultan MarshesKayseri1994-07-13
3TR006Kızılırmak DeltaSamsun1998-04-15
3TR007Akyatan LagoonAdana1998-04-15
3TR008Lake UluabatBursa1998-04-15
3TR009Gediz DeltaIzmir1998-04-15
3TR010Lake MekeKonya2005-06-21
3TR011Yumurtalık LagoonAdana2005-06-21
3TR012Kızören ObroukKonya2006-05-02
3TR013Lake KuyucukKars2009-04-02
3TR014Nemrut CalderaBitlis2013-04-17

References

  1. "Korunan Alanlar (Genel)". Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. "Resmi Gazete" (PDF). Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  3. Some of the Ramsar sites are also classified as above (e.g. Lake Kuş is also a national park.)
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