List of Ramsar sites in Turkey

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 ID	Ramsar site	Province	Est. date	İmage
3TR001	Göksu Delta	Mersin	1994-07-13
3TR002	Lake Burdur	Burdur	1994-07-13
3TR003	Lake Seyfe	Kırşehir	1994-07-13
3TR004	Lake Kuş	Balıkesir	1994-07-13
3TR005	Sultan Marshes	Kayseri	1994-07-13
3TR006	Kızılırmak Delta	Samsun	1998-04-15
3TR007	Akyatan Lagoon	Adana	1998-04-15
3TR008	Lake Uluabat	Bursa	1998-04-15
3TR009	Gediz Delta	Izmir	1998-04-15
3TR010	Lake Meke	Konya	2005-06-21
3TR011	Yumurtalık Lagoon	Adana	2005-06-21
3TR012	Kızören Obrouk	Konya	2006-05-02
3TR013	Lake Kuyucuk	Kars	2009-04-02
3TR014	Nemrut Caldera	Bitlis	2013-04-17

Protected areas of Turkey

Type	Number	Area (ha)[1]
National parks (list)	45[2]	868,428
Nature parks (list)	250[3]	106,836
Nature preserve areas (list)	31[4]	46,726
Wildlife protection areas (list)	84[5]	1,159,480
Nature monuments (list)	115[6]	9,389
Protected Plains (list)	25[7]	221,229
Wetlands (National)	59[8]	869,697
Wetlands (Local)	13[8]	14,513
Grand total	622	2,996,298
Wetlands (Ramsar) (list)	14[9]	184,487

References

1. "KORUNAN ALAN İSTATİSTİKLERİ". Retrieved 25 November 2020.
2. "Ülkemizin Milli Parkları" (PDF). Retrieved 25 November 2020.
3. "Ülkemizin Tabiat Parkları" (PDF). Retrieved 25 November 2020.
4. "Ülkemizin Tabiatı Koruma Alanları" (PDF). Retrieved 25 November 2020.
5. "YABAN HAYATI GELİŞTİRME SAHALARI" (PDF). Retrieved 25 November 2020.
6. "Ülkemizin Tabiat Anıtları" (PDF). Retrieved 25 November 2020.
7. "Resmi Gazete" (PDF). Retrieved 25 November 2020.
8. "Sulak alanlar" (PDF). Retrieved 25 November 2020.
9. Some of the Ramsar sites are also classified as above (e.g. Lake Kuş is also a national park.)

External links

• Ramsar sites in Turkey