Guide
Gürleyen Kanyon Tabiat Parkı lies in the Hadim district of Konya, ringed by the neighbourhoods of Kaplanlı to the north, Kalınağıl to the east and Aşağıkızılkaya to the south, and was declared on 20 April 2021.
Two features define it: the Balcılar stream, a tributary of the Göksu, runs through the site, and the Haramini cave lies within it. The trees and shrubs colour differently through the four seasons, and viewing, photography and walking are what the area is used for. Mountaineering clubs organise events here.
The Directorate states plainly that the site holds no endemic and no threatened species. What grows here naturally is Calabrian pine, Lebanon oak, terebinth, hawthorn, barberry, bramble and annual and perennial herbs. The animals are fox, wolf, wild boar, hare, partridge, pigeon, sparrow, crow, eagle and buzzard.
Visitors come mostly in spring and summer, for the quiet, for picnics, for walking and for the air. Stated capacity is 200. The park is 8 kilometres from Hadim, 109 from Konya and 380 from Ankara; Aşağıkızılkaya is 1 kilometre away, Kalınağıl 1.5 and Kaplanlı 2.
- Designated
- 20.04.2021
