ANKARA CITY GUIDE

 

 

 


SAKARYA BASIN

Çavuşçu Lake

City: Konya

Provinces: Ilgın

Surface Area : 1200

Altitude : 1026 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with bıyıklı sumru (100 pairs) population and huge number of water birds (max. 32.586) wintering, including Macar ördeği (max.1000).

Main Characteristics: sweet water lake

 

Altıntaş Plains

City: Kütahya

Provinces: Altıntaş, Aslanapa, Kütahya Merkez

Surface Area : 19200

Altitude : 970 - 1698 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: It is thought that approximately 20 pairs of species is reproducing within the area. Reproduction is observed every year.

Main Characteristics: plateau, agricultural area


Türkmenbaba Mountain

City: Kütahya, Eskişehir

Provinces: Eskişehir Merkez, Kütahya Merkez, Seyitgazi

Surface Area : 17500

Altitude : 1200 - 1826 m

Protection: partially

Bird Species: The biggest population of Kara akbaba (10 pairs) known within Turkey lives in the region. At the same time, important numbers of kara leylek (5 pairs), sakallı akbaba (1 pairs) and küçük kartal (5 pairs) reproduce within the important bird areas.

Main Characteristics: forest, mountain

 

Aliken

City: Eskişehir

Provinces: Pairseler, Sivrihisar

Surface Area : 11500

Altitude : 875 - 909 m

Protection: N/A

Bird Species: It is estimated that 20 pairs of species are reproducing within the area, maximum individual number registered is 45.

Main Characteristics: plateau, agricultural area


Balıkdamı

City: Eskişehir

Provinces: Sivrihisar

Surface Area : 1470

Altitude: 799 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with çayır delicesi (15 pairs) and küçük kerkenez (10 pairs in Ahiler) populations as well as immigrant storks (max.17.915). region has an importance during immigration for water birds, including angıt (max. 302).

Main Characteristics: sweet water lake, swamp


Uyuz Lake

City: Konya

Surface Area: 15

Altitude : 1185 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with dikkuyruk (10 pairs) population.

Main Characteristics: sweet water lake

 

Çöl Lake

City: Ankara

Provinces: Bala, Haymana

Surface Area : 4700

Altitude : 1045 m

Protection: N/A

Bird Species: Büyük cılıbıt is reproducing within the region. Huge numbers of water birds (max. 76.154), including sakarca (max. 14.000), angıt (max. 6847) and çamurcun (max. 10.486) winters in the lake (data before 1989.) Flamingo (max. 5500), dikkuyruk (max.27) and uzunbacak (max. 1000) can generally seen in the lake during the period after reproduction. There are yeşilbaş, uzunbacak, kılıçgaga, akça cılıbıt and kız kuşu among the other birds reproducing within the region.

Main Characteristics: salty lake, swamp

 

Mogan Lake

City: Ankara

Provinces: Gölbaşı

Surface Area : 1500

Altitude: 973 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with reproducing populations of alaca balıkçıl (30 pairs), Macar Ördeği (50 pairs), pasbaş patka (10 pairs) and dikkuyruk (2 pairs). At the end of autumn and before spring, huge numbers of water birds (max. 78.590), including Macar ördeği (max. 673), pasbaş patka (max.200) and sakarmeke (max. 70.100) can be observed.

Main Characteristics: sweet water lake, swamp


Kızılcahamam Forests

City: Ankara

Provinces: Çamlıdere, Kızılcahamam

Surface Area : 9500

Altitude : 900 - 1849 m

Protection: partially

Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with reproducing populations of kara leylek (5 pairs), sakallı akbaba (2 pairs), küçük akbaba (15 pairs), kızıl akbaba (2 pairs), kara akbaba (most of them are areproducing within National Park, 6 pairs) and küçük kartalın (3 pairs). At the south of Kızılcahamam, huge numbers of vultures and storks can be seen around a slaughterhouse at the coast of Kırmır Stream.

Main Characteristics: forest, mountain

 

Kavaklı Mountain

City: Ankara, Bolu

Provinces: Güdül, Dörtdivan

Surface Area : 8100

Altitude : 1000 -1983 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with kara akbaba (5 pairs) population.

Main Characteristics: mountain, forest


İnözü Valley

City: Ankara

Provinces: Beypazarı

Surface Area: 50

Altitude : 675 - 750 m

Protection: N/A

Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status due to kara leylek (5 pairs) and bıyıklı doğan (1 pair) populations.

Main Characteristics: rocky mountains, valley


Sarıyar Dam

City: Ankara, Eskişehir

Provinces: Beypazarı, Nallıhan, Mihalıççık

Surface Area : 8400

Altitude: 475 m

Protection: partially

Bird Species: Among the important species, breeding within the region, gece balıkçılı (120 pairs), which nests on the rocky mountains at south coast as well as kara leylek (20 pairs), which nest at rocky mountains, küçük akbaba (10 pairs) and bıyıklı doğan (1 pairs) can be mentioned. "Nallıhan Kuşcenneti" is an important shelter point during immigration for numerous leylek (max. 11.300) and angıt (max. 2400).

Main Characteristics: dam lake, rocky mountains

 

Hamam Mountain

City: Eskişehir

Provinces: Mihalıççık

Surface Area : 14000

Altitude : 900 - 1574 m

Protection: N/A

Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with kara akbaba (5 pairs) and küçük kartal (1 pair).

Main Characteristics: forest, mountain


Sapanca Lake

City: Sakarya, Kocaeli

Provinces: Sapanca, Adapazarı, İzmit

Surface Area : 4700

Altitude: 31 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: Sukuşu (max.48.267), Macar ördeği (max.1002), elmabaş patka (max. 10.400) and sakarmeke (max. 30.700) can be shown as samples.

Main Characteristics: sweet water lake

 

KIZILIRMAK BASIN

Tödürge Lake

Il: Sivas

Provinces: Hafik, Zara

Surface Area: 750

Altitude : 1295 m

Protection: N/A

Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with macar ördeği (40 pairs) population.

Main Characteristics: light salty lake, swamp


Palas Lake

City: Kayseri

Provinces: Sarıoğlan, Bünyan

Surface Area : 2720

Altitude : 1132 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: There are angıt (max.2930).

Main Characteristics: salt lake


Sultansazlığı

City: Kayseri

Provinces: Develi, Yeşilhisar, İncesu

Surface Area : 39000

Altitude : 1074 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: Küçük karabatak (200 pairs), alaca balıkçıl (70 pairs), çeltikçi(75 pairs), kaşıkçı (10 pairs), boz ördek (20 pairs), yaz ördeği (5 pairs), Macar ördeği (400 pairs), pasbaş patka (20 pairs), dikkuyruk (20 pairs), turna (20 pairs), kılıçgaga (150 pairs),bataklıkkırlangıcı (50 pairs), akça cılıbıt (100 pairs), büyük cılıbıt, mahmuzlu kızkuşu (20 pairs), gülen sumru (50 pairs), küçük sumru (100 pairs) and bıyıklı sumru (400 pairs) can be mentioned among the important species reproducing within the area. While angıt (max.2283) prefers the region during summer, huge numbers of flamingo (max. 59.150), turna (max.1200) and kılıçgaga (max.2115) uses the area during autumn. There are numerous water birds (max. 12.801) during winter and immigration period.

Main Characteristics: sweet and salty lakes, steppe

 


Seyfe Lake

City: Kırşehir

Provinces: Mucur, Boztepe

Surface Area : 14000

Altitude : 1110 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with ak pelikan (100 pairs), kaşıkçı(50 pairs), flamingo (2000 pairs), Macar ördeği (15 pairs), toy, kılıçgaga (500 pairs), mahmuzlu kızkuşu (10 pairs), Akdeniz martısı (500 pairs), gülen sumru (500 pairs) and küçük sumru (500 pairs) populations. There are huge numbers of water birds (max. 21.861) during winter, sakarca (max.7200) and angıt (max. 978) are samples of these.

Main Characteristics: salty / light salty lake, steppe


Hirfanlı Dam

City: Kırşehir

Provinces: Evren

Surface Area : 26300

Protection: N/A

Main Characteristics: dam lake


Beynam Forest

City: Ankara

Provinces: Gölbaşı

Surface Area : 2100

Altitude : 1200 - 1521 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with breeding two pairs of şah kartal.

Main Characteristics: forest

 

Kızılırmak Delta

City: Samsun

Provinces: Ondokuzmayıs, Bafra, Alaçam

Surface Area : 16110

Altitude: Sea level

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with tepeli pelikan (6 pairs), erguvani balıkçıl (500 pairs), kara leylek (50 pairs), kaşıkçı (75 pairs), boz ördek (200 pairs), Macar ördeği (75 pairs), pasbaş patka (150 pairs), turna (50 pairs), kocagöz (50 pairs) and bataklık kırlangıcı (100 pairs) populations. There are huge numbers of water birds (max. 91.708), including kaşıkgaga (max.4564), Macar ördeği (max.630), elmabaş patka (max. 14.952), kadife ördek (max. 97), dikkuyruk (max.73) and sakarmeke (max. 27.643) during winter. During immigration important numbers of karabatak (max. 88), küçük ak balıkçıl (max.3200), çeltikçi (max. 590), dikkuyruk (max.1246), küçük martı (max. 41.000) and ak kanatlı sumru (max. 3000) can be observed.

Main Characteristics: sweet water lakes, swamp

 

Elmadağ

 

The Elmadag Ski Resort, which is on the northern slopes of Elmadag mountain range, is a few kilometres south-east of the centre of Ankara, which has made it more popular.

 

Arrival: At just 18km from the city, and close to the airport, there are many private vehicles going to the resort.

 

Geography: The resort is on the northern slopes of Elmadag between the altitudes of 1500-1850m. The area is treeless and covered with alpine meadows. The season runs between January and March, with a terrestrial climate, and snow thickness between 30-60cm.

 

 

 

Facilities: There are government-owned ski lodges, plus two restaurants, an indoor swimming pool, sauna, disco and restaurants. The T-bar has a 548m route, and the ski run is at an easy/medium level.

 

YOUTH TOURISM

Having the great majority of her population being composed of young people,Turkey embodies camp centers and facilities enabling the young people living in abroad and in country the opportunity to enjoy an easily acquired holiday.


 

 


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