Yazılı Canyon Nature Park

Yazılı Canyon Nature Park
Yazılı Kanyon Tabiat Parkı
A view from Yazılı Canyon, Tırkey.
Yazılı Canyon NP Location of the nature park in Turkey.
Location	Sütçüler, Isparta Province, Turkey
Coordinates	37°28′07″N 30°55′21″E
Area	546 ha (1,350 acres)
Established	September 5, 1989; 35 years ago (1989-09-05)
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]

References

1. "Yazılı Kanyon'un Asfaltı Isparta Belediyesi'nden=". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2015-11-12. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
2. "Tabiat Parkları - Yazılı Kanyon Tabiat Parkı" (in Turkish). Orman ve Su İşleri Bakanlığı - VI Bölge Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
3. "Tabiat Parkları 1984-2011" (in Turkish). Milli Parklar. Retrieved 2017-07-28.