The first natural reserve in Turkey was founded 60 years ago. Since that time, the number of reserves in the country has increased substantially. Some areas protected by the government that were initially created for archaeological excavations later turned into areas with rich wildlife and rare flora. For example, Olympos Beydagları Coastal National Park, which is always popular with tourists, is famous for its rare flora and fauna. Köprülü Canyon National Park at the east of the province has become home to unique ancient forests. Natural forests of this type do not grow anywhere else in the world. Besides its unique archaeological and geological treasures, Mugla Dalyan is famous as home to rare species of plants and animals.
The Republic of Turkey is one of the seven countries in the world with the biggest number of thermal springs – Anatolia has almost 1,290 thermal springs scattered in its territory. Of course, the presence of seismic faults makes the landscape of the country very rich in this regard. The warmth of these hot springs fluctuates between 20°C and 110°C, and they produce 4 – 500 liters a second. Turkey uses only a small percent of its mineral spring potential, but nowadays the country’s Ministry of Tourism and private investors try to develop resort tourism of this Muslim gem.
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