Hünkar Şelale ve Ziya Akkuzu Parkı

About Hünkar Şelale ve Ziya Akkuzu Parkı

Hünkar Şelale, which Keçiören Municipality also calls the Keçiören waterfall, is a large man-made cascade in the Kalaba neighbourhood of Keçiören, presented by the municipality together with the small Ziya Akkuzu Parkı above it and a glass viewing terrace. The waterfall was built in 1996 and enlarged in 2000. According to the municipality it is 27 metres high and 180 metres wide, and around 400 tonnes of water are kept circulating by electric pumps, so that it puts on a show around the clock. The municipality counts it among the symbols of Ankara and describes it as the largest artificial waterfall in the world. Ziya Akkuzu Parkı sits on the rocky ground above the falls and covers about 1400 square metres. It has a children's play area, benches and gazebos for resting, landscaped planting and a car park at the entrance. The glass viewing terrace projects 7 metres out over the waterfall. It is lit in three main and seven intermediate colours, which the municipality says adds colour to the Keçiören night view, and it was built to carry 20 tonnes.