Yazılı Canyon Nature Park | |
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Yazılı Kanyon Tabiat Parkı | |
Location | Sütçüler, Isparta Province, Turkey |
Coordinates | 37°28′07″N 30°55′21″E / 37.46861°N 30.92250°E |
Area | 546 ha (1,350 acres) |
Established | September 5, 1989 |
Visitors | nearly 70,000 (in 2015) |
Governing body | Directorate-General of Nature Protection and National Parks Ministry of Environment and Forest |
Yazılı Canyon Nature Park ( Turkish: Yazılı Kanyon Tabiat Parkı) is a canyon in Isparta Province, southwestern Turkey, which was declared with its surrounding area a nature park in 1989.
The canyon is located near Çandır village in Sütçüler district of Isparta Province, [1] southwestern Turkey. It is about 80 km (50 mi) south of Isparta. The canyon takes its name "Yazılı" (literally "Written" from an ancient text carved on a rock inside the canyon, which has archaeological importance. [2]
The area around the canyon covering 546 ha (1,350 acres) was declared as the country's second nature park by the Ministry of Environment and Forest on September 5, 1989. [3]
As reported in 2015, nearly 70,000 domestic and foreign tourists visit the nature park annually. [1] The nature park can be visited on a day-only base since there is no lodging facility. [2]