Gümüşdere Ihlamur Vadisi

About Gümüşdere Ihlamur Vadisi

Gümüşdere Ihlamur Vadisi, the Linden Valley, is a long linear park laid out by Keçiören Municipality along the Gümüşdere valley in Keçiören. The municipality has built it in several stages, and its cleaning teams describe the valley and its surroundings as 3100 metres long. The second stage, built in 2016, is the best documented section. According to the municipality, around 3000 plants of various species, 150 linden trees and 125000 seasonal flowers were planted there, 7000 square metres of ready turf were laid and a further 6500 square metres were sown with grass. Its facilities include a 2 km running track, a 960 metre cycle path, a 410 metre track for small battery cars, a skate park, four children's play sets, four sets of outdoor fitness equipment, two football pitches with a changing room, 34 gazebos, 80 benches, 37 pergolas, toilets and a small prayer room. The first stage added some 600 plants, 31 lindens and 35000 seasonal flowers, and the fourth stage another 291 plants and 63 lindens. The second stage also contains the municipal Doğal Yaşam Parkı, a natural life park where the municipality keeps goats including Ankara goats, chickens, donkeys, ponies, wallabies, kangaroos, monkeys, gazelles, emus, peacocks, pheasants, llamas, deer and other birds. The municipality says the aim is to introduce children and young people to animals and to give them time outdoors in nature.