Tekkedağı Tabiat Parkı

About Tekkedağı Tabiat Parkı

Tekkedağı Tabiat Parkı is a 100-hectare nature park in the hills of Beypazarı district, registered as a nature park in 2011 and listed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's 9th Regional Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks. The directorate puts it about 120 km from Ankara and 20 km from Beypazarı; the ministry's nature-tourism portal describes a 13 km road from the town centre, with Karacaören village to the north and Kuyumcutekke to the south. Access is from the south, on the Kuyumcutekke-Karaşar village road. The park's main assets are its natural forest and its upland (yayla) ecosystem. Black pine plantation mixes with patches of juniper, deciduous shrubs, rocky ground and meadow, and the ministry lists cedar, wild plum, hawthorn, wild pear, rock rose and dog rose among its plants. Roe deer, red deer, lynx, wolf and brown bear are recorded here, and the area is described as a range, and probable nesting site, of the cinereous vulture and the endangered Egyptian vulture. Visitors come for tent camping, scouting, nature walks, photography and stargazing. The day-use area is set up for picnics, with toilets, an open-air activity area, rain shelters, gazebos, a children's playground and a car park. Day-to-day operation of the site has been leased to a private operator by tender.