The Ministry of Transport

Dırectorate General Of Turkısh State Raılways

Transportatıon Systems For The Youth Travel (International Implementations)

1- Inter Rail Card: In Inter Rail System, the international cards Inter Rail 26 and Inter Rail 26+ Card are on sale for the passengers. Inter Rail Card gives unlimited travel opportunity to the young under 26 in the second group (IR-26) or the ones over 26 and the children under 12 ( IR+26 ) on the railways of the countries which are categorized in 8 groups according to the type the card and within the duration specified on the card (16 and 22 days or 1 month). Inter Rail Card, on personel demand, is sold as ist group (16 days), 2nd group (22 days) and the Global (one month)

2- Euro Domino Ticket: Euro Domino Ticket, valid for one month, gives opportunity to travel from 3 to 8 days’ unlimited travel for the adults (over 26 and just in 27), the seniors (just in or over 60) in the lst and 2nd class, and as for the young only in the 2nd group (under 26 not 27 ) on the railways of selected one or more European countries which are the members of the system. Someone who is under 12 years old pays the half of adult price for travelling.

This ticket is fixed-price and the price changes according to the number of the days that the passenger prefers. Each country determines its own price in that ticket type.

3- The Balkans Flexipass: Balkan Flexipass Card, valid for one month, gives oppotunity to travel on the railways of the Balkans (Turkey, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Macedonia) dependent on the choice for 5—10 or 15 days unlimited travel.
The Balkans Flexpass Card;

- Someone age over 26 in lst/2nd groups and for the young under 26 only in the 2nd group available at the Sales Offices of the Balkan Countries.
- Except for the Balkan Countries sales offices only lst Group is available.

For More Information
TCDD web site: www.tcdd.çıov.tr
TCDD e- mail : tcddyolcu.ttnet.net.tr

Information Desk:
Ankara : 0 312 309 05 15/ 336-311 0620
İstanbul: 0 216 348 80 20/ 336 (Haydarpaşa) 336 04 75 — 336 20 63
0 212 520 65 75/ 7485 (Sirkeci)

Turkısh State Raılways Schedule For The Young

1- Students: A person, national or foreigner, who is a student in public, state, private schools or at universities, faculties, institutions, academies of music, colleges and vocational colleges.

2- Return Ticket Discount: Someone, who bought return ticket in order to travel between any two destinations.

3- Group Discount: The groups, at least 12 or fewer provided that they pay the same price.

*The ones specified above can benefit from 20 % excursion fare.

4- Train-Tour (Tren Tur) System: It gives opportunity to the passengers to travel on the all trains in service both sleepers and commuter trains for one month. The system is in two types:

a)Express Train-Tour Card: it is valid on the super express, ( Başkent, Cumhuriyet, Fatih, Erzurum Expresses etc.) Mavi Train, regional express, railroad-bus and moto-trains, coaches and commuter trains.

b)Sleeper Train-Tour Card: it is valid on the trains on which Express Train-Tour Card is also valid and the sleepers, couchettes.
* The cards are valid regardless of destination.

Turkısh Airlines
Turkish Airlines offers 60 % discount of the regular prices, 10w prices or fixed prices to the students/young people according to the routes, conditions, leveis for the dornestic or international flights.

At Dornestic Fligths Schedule there is no discount for students or young people but 10w prices.
URL: www.THY.com
www.turkishairlines.com

 

İhsaniye Ayazini Town (Metropolis) Ayazini town can be reached by turning right and getting 4.7 kilometre from the 27th km of Afyon-Eskişehir Highway. It is known to be used as a settlement since the Phyrigian period. Cave tomb rooms made for singles or families dated at Roman and Byzantine Periods, churches of Byzantine period and cave settlements are all engraved on rock due to the suitability of the land. Tomb rooms with lions and tomb rooms with columns moreover churches and chapels that are engraved on rock can be seen in the ancient city.

İhsaniye Döğer Settlement Located at 12 km from İhsaniye and known to be used as a settlement since Phyrigians. Lion rock, Gate Rock I and II and the rock monuments built in the 7th Century BC, in the name of Goddess Cybele has the quality of being an open-air temple. Moreover, Phyrigian settlements are located in Asar and Old Döğer. Various cave settlements , tomb rooms and churches dated at Roman and Byzantine Period can be visited in the ancient settlement.

Synnada Located at Şuhut town centre , Synnada is a huge city which was once the capital of central Phyrig during Roman and Byzantine Periods.

Apameia Located in Dinar , the previous name of Apameia was Keleneia. In ancient times it was known to be the second biggest city after Efes.

Docimeium Located at İscehisar town centre, the city was built by Macedonians.

Amorium Located at Hisarköy Village the history of the city can be traced to Late Bronze Age. The city was called as Aura in the Period of Hittites and as Amorium in the Classic Age.

Alayhanı Inn: is in the border of Alayhan village on the Aksaray - Nevşehir highway. Inn’s front side and courtyard are collapsed. Estimated that Inn builded by far border governmental ruler Pervane Bey at the period of 2nd Kılıçarslan.

Öresin Inn: There is an inn remains from Selcuklu’s at the 22nd kilometres of Aksaray - Nevşehir highway. Centre dome and gate of inn are collapsed. Windows are crenel type shaped. It has sections those each one has six arches.

Sultan Inn: It was built by Alaaddin Keykubat in between the 1228 - 1229. The Inn is a masterpiece art of Selcuklu’s Period by the perspective of architecture, stone masonry and decoration arts. It was builded purposes for to make, Konya - Aksaray roadway safe that way was important for military and trade purposes. Inn has classical formation of Selcuklu Inn organisation with summer, winter, barn sections and with a small mosque.

Ağzıkara Inn: It is placed at 15th kilometre of Aksaray - Nevşehir highway, Ottoman source document’s mention inn as Hoca Mesud Inn. Building process started at 1231 AC. in the Alaaddin Keykubat period, it is finished in 1239 AC. In period of Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev. It is fully organised with public bath, charitable establishment, summer and winter sections. Main gate of Inn contains every property of Selcuklu stone decoration art.

Each rooster crows at its own place
But Denizli Rooster crows everywhere.

“Thanks God, I have everything here. Only one thing is missing in my life here: Cock crowing… said a rich businessman living in New York. The rooster he was talking about was Denizli rooster. While he was expressing his missing of the rooster, he was also expressing a reality of the modern world.

“I was born at dawn time in Denizli while roosters were crowing…. Then I used to wake up with the same sound for many years… I was getting out of my bed with the sound of my rooster every morning at a regular time like a clock set. Let me tell you something now….. I have not heard any rooster crowing here for 21 years…The thing that modern city life has taken out off me is rooster crowing sound which is sweeter than gold sound… Contemporary city life, at the very beginning, stops the sound of rooster…”

“Denizli Rooster”, the symbol of Denizli is a domestic species which is well known in even the farthest regions to our city with its colour and body building, harmonious long and beautiful crowing. According to some rumours, Berat roosters having long crowing were brought to Istanbul during Ottoman Empire from Albania and then brought to Denizli and crossbred with domestic chicken of Denizli and thus Denizli Rooster species was originated but it is not true. Because there are no similarities between two species when compared in terms of colour and body structure. Denizli rooster was originated automatically upon great care shown by the people living in Denizli to long crowing rooster for centuries.

The colour of Denizli rooster’s eyes is black and blackened with kohl. Its legs are dark grey or purple, its comb is in big axe comb, and atrium is red or white spots on red background, general colour is black and dirty white together. Sometimes wing features have brown colours. Red roosters have black-white mixture. Their alive weight is about 3-3.5 kg. They are divided into 3 groups according to their colours, body building and combs types. According to their colours they are classified into 6 groups as: DEMİRKIR, PAMUKKIR, KINALI, AL, SİYAH and KÜRKLÜ. According to their body building, they are divided into 3 types, namely: YÜKSEK BOYUN, SÜLÜN and KÜPELİ. According to their combs, they are divided into 2 types: GENİŞ İBİK and DAR İBİK.

The sound of Denizli roosters are classified according to the tone and clearness. According to sound tones they are divided into 3 groups: İNCE, DAVUDİ, KALIN SES. Davudi (bass) voice is between high pitched and deep voice and is the only sound close to deep voice. According to clearness, they are divided into 4 groups, namely: SAD VOICE, SHRILL VOICE, WAVY VOICE (FUNNY VOICE).

Crowing of Denizli roosters is performed upon use of all abilities. Crowing is divided into 4 groups depending on body position during crowing, which are; LION CROWING, WOLF CROWING, HERO CROWING, PUS CROWING.

A good Denizli Rooster must have: lively appearance, long and strong legs and neck, wide and deep chest, sharp and sloped toward head tail. The same features are true for the chicken. The crowing period of Denizli Roosters in the first year must be 20 to 25 seconds.
Denizli roosters being grown up by Denizli species production unit formed under body of Director of Province Agricultural Affairs are maintained generally in 100 flocks. Breeding roosters are selected and the rests are sold according to the demands made from various parts of the country from March, April, and sales of chicks are made in March, April, may, June.

From old hand writing documents, it has been determined that Thermit Ibis birds used to live in Europe since 1504. This bird, which was living in Central Europe near the Alps, was first defined by C. Gessner as Corvus Sylvaticus in 1555 in Historia Animalium and some information was given about the birds’ life style. Later, it was determined that those birds, which disappeared in Europe, emigrated to Middle East countries and Africa and they still live in these countries.

Thermit Ibis that come to Birecik in the middle of February settle down at rocks in the middle of March. After their procreation, their raise their young and in the middle of July they leave Birecik with their young. The reason for these birds to come to Birecik for procreation is thought to be that the calcite mineral in those rocks increased the procreation energy of birds. Thermit Ibis birds are single mate and every year they build their nest and lash out with the same couple. Mature birds are the ones that show their energy to build up a nest. It is necessary to be 5 years old, to become a mature bird. Their average life period is 25-30 years.

In the beginning of 1950, the number of Thermit Ibis was more than 1000, there had been a specific decrease in the number of birds since 1954.

Destruction of natural feeding environment of these birds with overuse of agricultural insecticide chemicals, hunting of these birds by the hunters in their long immigration period and cold weather conditions are the main reasons for the decrease of Thermit Ibis birds. Thermit Ibis birds follow the Lebanon - Israel way and the River Nil or Red Sea coast and cannot be observed at those places.

In order to prevent the decrease in number and disappearing of the generation, Thermit Ibis Procreation Station was established in Birecik by the Generate Directorate of Forestry of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs in 1972. In this station, first of all two mature and nine young Thermit Ibis birds were captured by net and put into a cage, and then production started in 1977. The birds under protection are fed with meat without fat, planed carrot, boiled egg and mixture of fodder.

In February 1996, 52 Hermit Ibis birds set free from procreation station to reproduction in nature. After the reproduction season, the total number reached to 75 with 23 young birds. 4 of them are given to Istanbul Bayramoğlu Zoo, 5 of them are given to Atatürk Orman Çiftliği, 13 of them immigrated and 45 of them are still living in procreation station.

Birecik people consider Hermit Ibis birds which they regionally call “Keçelaynak” holy. Arrival of Hermit Ibıs birds to Birecik in the middle of February is interpreted by Birecik people as a sign of spring. In recent years, “Hermit Ibıs Festival” is being organized in Birecik for these birds.

Sakarya Basin

Çavuşçu Lake

City: Konya

Provinces: Ilgın

Surface Area : 1200

Altitude : 1026 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: The population of Whiskered tern, Bıyıklı sumru (100 pairs) and huge number of wintering water birds (max. 32.586), including Red-crested pochard Macar ördeği (max.1000).

Main Characteristics: sweet water lake

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Altıntaş Plains

City: Kütahya

Provinces: Altıntaş, Aslanapa, Kütahya Merkez

Surface Area : 19200

Altitude : 970 - 1698 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: It is thought that there are approximately 20 breeding pairs of great bustard toy in the area. Reproduction is observed every year.

Main Characteristics: plateau, agricultural area

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Türkmenbaba Mountain

City: Kütahya, Eskişehir

Provinces: Eskişehir Merkez, Kütahya Merkez, Seyitgazi

Surface Area : 17500

Altitude : 1200 - 1826 m

Protection: partially

Bird Species: The biggest population of black vulture Kara akbaba (10 pairs) known in Turkey lives in the region. At the same time there are important breeding numbers of black stork kara leylek (5 pairs), lammergeıer sakallı akbaba (1 pair) and booted eagle küçük kartal (5 pairs).

Main Characteristics: forest, mountain

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Aliken

City: Eskişehir

Provinces: Pairseler, Sivrihisar

Surface Area : 11500

Altitude : 875 - 909 m

Protection: N/A

Bird Species: It is estimated that there are approximately 20 breeding pairs of great bustard toy in the area., the maximum number of individuals recorded is 45.

Main Characteristics: plateau, agricultural area

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Balıkdamı

City: Eskişehir

Provinces: Sivrihisar

Surface Area : 1470

Altitude: 799 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: It is important for the populations of Montagu’s Harrier çayır delicesi (15 pairs) and Lesser Kestrel küçük kerkenez (10 pairs in Ahiler) as well as migrant storks (max.17.915). The region has importance during migration for water birds, including ruddy shelduck angıt (max. 302).

Main Characteristics: sweet water lake, swamp

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Uyuz Lake

City: Konya

Surface Area: 15

Altitude : 1185 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: ruddy duck dikkuyruk (10 pairs) population.

Main Characteristics: sweet water lake

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Çöl Lake

City: Ankara

Provinces: Bala, Haymana

Surface Area : 4700

Altitude : 1045 m

Protection: N/A

Bird Species: Greater sand plover Büyük cılıbıt breed in the area. A large numbers of water birds winter in the lake (max. 76.154), including white-fronted goose sakarca (max. 14.000), ruddy shelduck angıt (max. 6847) and teal çamurcun (max. 10.486) (data before 1989.) Flamingo (max. 5500), ruddy duck dikkuyruk (max.27) and black-winged stilt uzunbacak (max. 1000) can generally seen in the lake during the period after breeding. There are mallard yeşilbaş, black-winged stilt uzunbacak, avocet kılıçgaga, kentısh plover akça cılıbıt and lapwing kızkuşu among other birds breeding within the region.

Main Characteristics: salty lake, swamp

Mogan Lake

City: Ankara

Provinces: Gölbaşı

Surface Area : 1500

Altitude: 973 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: Important breedıng populations of squacco heron alaca balıkçıl (30 pairs), Red-crested pochard Macar Ördeği (50 pairs), Ferruginous duck pasbaş patka (10 pairs) and ruddy duck dikkuyruk (2 pairs). At the end of autumn and before spring you may observe a large numbers of water birds (max. 78.590), including Red-crested pochard Macar ördeği (max. 673), Ferruginous duck pasbaş patka (max.200) and coot sakarmeke (max. 70.100).

Main Characteristics: sweet water lake, swamp

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Kızılcahamam Forests

City: Ankara

Provinces: Çamlıdere, Kızılcahamam

Surface Area : 9500

Altitude : 900 - 1849 m

Protection: partially

Bird Species: Important breedıng populations of black stork kara leylek (5 pairs), lammergeıer sakallı akbaba (2 pairs), egyptian vulture küçük akbaba (15 pairs), griffon vulture kızıl akbaba (2 pairs), black vulture kara akbaba (most of them are areproducing within National Park, 6 pairs) and booted eagle küçük kartal (3 pairs). To the south of Kızılcahamam, huge numbers of vultures and storks can be seen around a slaughterhouse on the banks of Kırmır Stream.

Main Characteristics: forest, mountain

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Kavaklı Mountain

City: Ankara, Bolu

Provinces: Güdül, Dörtdivan

Surface Area : 8100

Altitude : 1000 -1983 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: Important black vulture population - kara akbaba (5 pairs).

Main Characteristics: mountain, forest

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İnözü Valley

City: Ankara

Provinces: Beypazarı

Surface Area: 50

Altitude : 675 - 750 m

Protection: N/A

Bird Species: Important populations of black stork kara leylek (5 pairs) and Lanner falcon bıyıklı doğan (1 pair).

Main Characteristics: rocky mountains, valley

Sarıyar Dam

City: Ankara, Eskişehir

Provinces: Beypazarı, Nallıhan, Mihalıççık

Surface Area : 8400

Altitude: 475 m

Protection: partially

Bird Species: Among the important species breeding within the region, night heron, gece balıkçılı (120 pairs), which nests on the rocky mountains to the south as well as black stork kara leylek (20 pairs), which nest in rocky mountains, egyptian vulture küçük akbaba (10 pairs) and Lanner falcon bıyıklı doğan (1 pairs). “Nallıhan Kuşcenneti” is an important sheltering point during migration for numerous stork leylek (max. 11.300) and ruddy shelduck angıt (max. 2400).

Main Characteristics: dam lake, rocky mountains

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Hamam Mountain

City: Eskişehir

Provinces: Mihalıççık

Surface Area : 14000

Altitude : 900 - 1574 m

Protection: N/A

Bird Species: Important for black vulture kara akbaba (5 pairs) and booted eagle küçük kartal (1 pair).

Main Characteristics: forest, mountain

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Sapanca Lake

City: Sakarya, Kocaeli

Provinces: Sapanca, Adapazarı, İzmit

Surface Area : 4700

Altitude: 31 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: Water-birds (max.48.267), including red-crested pochard Macar ördeği (max.1002), pochard elmabaş patka (max. 10.400) and coot sakarmeke (max. 30.700).

Main Characteristics: sweet water lake

Kırkpınar Wrestling

The History of Kırkpınar

Various stories are told to explain how Kırkpınar wrestling started some 641 years ago. The following tale is the one most widely told:

In 1346, during military expeditions led by Orhan Gazi to conquer Rumelia (the part of the Ottoman Empire which lay in Europe), his brother Süleyman Paşa marched with 40 soldiers to Domuzhisar, which was then in the hands of the Byzantines. They raided and conquered the Domuzhisar, or Domuz Fortress. After also conquering other fortresses, the group of 40 soldiers who formed the advance guard returned, and they came to rest in Samona, which is today in Greece. There, these 40 soldiers began to wrestle. After hours of wrestling, two brothers named Ali and Selim both proved unable to defeat the other.

On a Hidrellez day (a festival held on May 6 to celebrate the beginning of summer), these two brothers started wrestling again. The wrestling match lasted the entire day but still neither man could defeat his brother, so the contest continued throughout the night illuminated by candle and torch light. In the end, however, both of the brothers ran short of both breath and energy and so they died.

At the spot where the two men had perished, where there was a fig tree, their friends laid them to rest. Then many years later they came to visit the tree.

At that very place where the two brothers were buried, they found a great river flowing. Following this the people of the region start calling the area “Kırkpınar” (Forty Springs). This was at the green pastoral area of the Greek village of Samona. At the end of the Balkan wars and World War I, the Kırkpınar Wrestling Contest started to be held at the place called Virantekke, which is located between Edirne and Mustafapaşa. After the foundation of the Turkish Republic, since 1924 the contests have been held in Edirne’s Sarayiçi area.

Until 1928, ağas (landlords) organized the Kırkpınar Wrestling Contest and they entertained the guests and gave awards to the winners. However, due to economic troubles in the country, people became reluctant to volunteer to become agas. So, starting in 1928, the Turkish Red Crescent (Kizilay) and the Child Protection Society (Çocuk Esirgeme Kurumu) took over the duties of putting together the wrestling contests.

In 1946, the Edirne Municipality started organizing the Kırkpınar Wrestling Contest, and in this year also Edirne Mayor Tahsin Şipka added the contest’s organization to the municipality’s official duties.
Kırkpınar Wrestling (5.5 Mb)

Pehlivan

“Pehlivan” is a Persian word normally meaning brave, but it also has a number of secondary meanings: officer, governor, a physically large man or a person who tells the truth. Throughout history the word has been used with a variety of meanings. The Seljuks used to employ the word to refer to heroic warriors, accomplished shooters and wrestlers. In the 16th century, it was used exclusively for athletes, and this practice continued to the end of the reign of Sultan Mahmut II.

The entire Turkish nation, including women and children, loves wrestling, and they respect wrestlers for their roots in the culture of warriors and heroism. People love pehlivans because they are physically stronger than everyone else, as well as muscular, healthy-looking, and brave, and because they have strong characters and you can trust their word.

In Ottoman times, wrestling contests were held as a part of festivals and weddings or as a way to raise funds for groups promoting social welfare.

Kızılırmak Basin

Tödürge Lake

Il: Sivas

Provinces: Hafik, Zara

Surface Area: 750

Altitude : 1295 m

Protection: N/A

Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with macar ördeği (40 pairs) population.

Main Characteristics: light salty lake, swamp

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Palas Lake

City: Kayseri

Provinces: Sarıoğlan, Bünyan

Surface Area : 2720

Altitude : 1132 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: There are angıt (max.2930).

Main Characteristics: salt lake

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Sultansazlığı

City: Kayseri

Provinces: Develi, Yeşilhisar, İncesu

Surface Area : 39000

Altitude : 1074 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: Küçük karabatak (200 pairs), alaca balıkçıl (70 pairs), çeltikçi(75 pairs), kaşıkçı (10 pairs), boz ördek (20 pairs), yaz ördeği (5 pairs), Macar ördeği (400 pairs), pasbaş patka (20 pairs), dikkuyruk (20 pairs), turna (20 pairs), kılıçgaga (150 pairs),bataklıkkırlangıcı (50 pairs), akça cılıbıt (100 pairs), büyük cılıbıt, mahmuzlu kızkuşu (20 pairs), gülen sumru (50 pairs), küçük sumru (100 pairs) and bıyıklı sumru (400 pairs) can be mentioned among the important species reproducing within the area. While angıt (max.2283) prefers the region during summer, huge numbers of flamingo (max. 59.150), turna (max.1200) and kılıçgaga (max.2115) uses the area during autumn. There are numerous water birds (max. 12.801) during winter and migration period.

Main Characteristics: sweet and salty lakes, steppe

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Seyfe Lake

City: Kırşehir

Provinces: Mucur, Boztepe

Surface Area : 14000

Altitude : 1110 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with ak pelikan (100 pairs), kaşıkçı(50 pairs), flamingo (2000 pairs), Macar ördeği (15 pairs), toy, kılıçgaga (500 pairs), mahmuzlu kızkuşu (10 pairs), Akdeniz martısı (500 pairs), gülen sumru (500 pairs) and küçük sumru (500 pairs) populations. There are huge numbers of water birds (max. 21.861) during winter, sakarca (max.7200) and angıt (max. 978) are samples of these.

Main Characteristics: salty / light salty lake, steppe

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Hirfanlı Dam
City: Kırşehir
Provinces: Evren
Surface Area : 26300
Protection: N/A
Main Characteristics: dam lake
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Beynam Forest

City: Ankara

Provinces: Gölbaşı

Surface Area : 2100

Altitude : 1200 - 1521 m

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with breeding two pairs of şah kartal.

Main Characteristics: forest

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Kızılırmak Delta

City: Samsun

Provinces: Ondokuzmayıs, Bafra, Alaçam

Surface Area : 16110

Altitude: Sea level

Protection: Yes

Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with tepeli pelikan (6 pairs), erguvani balıkçıl (500 pairs), kara leylek (50 pairs), kaşıkçı (75 pairs), boz ördek (200 pairs), Macar ördeği (75 pairs), pasbaş patka (150 pairs), turna (50 pairs), kocagöz (50 pairs) and bataklık kırlangıcı (100 pairs) populations.

There are huge numbers of water birds (max. 91.708), including kaşıkgaga (max.4564), Macar ördeği (max.630), elmabaş patka (max. 14.952), kadife ördek (max. 97), dikkuyruk (max.73) and sakarmeke (max. 27.643) during winter. During immigration important numbers of karabatak (max. 88), küçük ak balıkçıl (max.3200), çeltikçi (max. 590), dikkuyruk (max.1246), küçük martı (max. 41.000) and ak kanatlı sumru (max. 3000) can be observed.

Main Characteristics: sweet water lakes, swamp

Yachting

The azure waters of the Mediterranean, Aegean, Marmara and Black Sea surround Turkey to the south, west and north, making a treasure chest of coves, inlets, bays and beaches in which yachtsmen can choose a different and private anchorage each night.

The sailing paradise of Turkey is also home to the Mavi Yolculuk, or Blue Voyage, an idyllic cruise which travels to the private beach of Cleopatra, the eternal fires of Mount Olimpos and the remains of thousands of ancient civilisations.

Sailing in Turkey also allows visitors to experience the hospitality of the people in the coastal villages and towns. The tempered winds blowing from west and northwest make the long summers ideal for yachting, and seem to encourage an appreciation of nature. From some of the turquoise coast’s unspoilt and sheltered bays you can see mountain peaks rising to almost 3000 meters above the sea level.

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