2018 United Nations List of Protected Areas of Turkey
Information extracted from the July 2018 WDPA release
This list was compiled from data based on the July 2018 version of the WDPA. In addition to protected areas with spatial data in the WDPA, the 2018 version of the UN List includes sites for which no spatial data is available but which have been provided by the relevant country. Management effectiveness information is extracted from GD-PAME. Both databases are updated and released via www.protectedplanet.net on a monthly basis. The depiction and use of boundaries and related data shown on maps are not guaranteed to be error free nor do they necessarily imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
| Designation Type/ Designation in English / Name of Protected Areas |
Status |
Year of designation |
Area (km2) |
IUCN category |
PAME methodology |
Year of PAME assessment |
| International |
| Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance |
| Akyatan Lagoon |
Designated |
1998 |
147.00 |
Not Reported |
Not Reported |
0 |
| Gediz Delta |
Designated |
1998 |
149.00 |
Not Reported |
Not Reported |
0 |
| Göksu Delta |
Designated |
1994 |
150.00 |
Not Reported |
Birdlife IBA |
2013 |
| Kizilirmak Delta |
Designated |
1998 |
217.00 |
Not Reported |
Birdlife IBA |
2011 |
| Kizören Obrouk |
Designated |
2006 |
1.27 |
Not Reported |
Not Reported |
0 |
| Lake Burdur |
Designated |
1994 |
248.00 |
Not Reported |
Birdlife IBA |
2011 |
| Lake Kus |
Designated |
1994 |
204.00 |
Not Reported |
Birdlife IBA |
2000 |
| Lake Kuyucuk |
Designated |
2009 |
4.16 |
Not Reported |
Not Reported |
0 |
| Lake Seyfe |
Designated |
1994 |
107.00 |
Not Reported |
Not Reported |
0 |
| Lake Uluabat |
Designated |
1998 |
199.00 |
Not Reported |
Not Reported |
0 |
| Meke Maar |
Designated |
2005 |
2.02 |
Not Reported |
Not Reported |
0 |
| Nemrut Caldera |
Designated |
2013 |
45.89 |
Not Reported |
Not Reported |
0 |
| Sultan Marshes |
Designated |
1994 |
172.00 |
Not Reported |
Not Reported |
0 |
| Yumurtalik Lagoons |
Designated |
2005 |
198.53 |
Not Reported |
Not Reported |
0 |
| UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve |
| Camili |
Designated |
2005 |
22.37 |
Not Applicable |
GOBI Survey |
2006 |
| Camili |
Designated |
2005 |
231.70 |
Not Applicable |
METT |
2003 |
| World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) |
| Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia |
Inscribed |
1986 |
95.72 |
Not Applicable |
METT; RAPPAM; WHA Outlook Report |
2008; 2005; 2014 |
| Hierapolis-Pamukkale |
Inscribed |
1988 |
10.77 |
Not Applicable |
WHA Outlook Report |
2014 |
