Nature preserves
The growing consciousness that Turkey enjoys a special status from the point of view of biological diversity has led, between 1987 and 1998, to the designation of 30 areas as…
The growing consciousness that Turkey enjoys a special status from the point of view of biological diversity has led, between 1987 and 1998, to the designation of 30 areas as…
The diversity of fauna in Turkey is even greater than its flora. While the number of species throughout Europe as a whole is around 60,000, in Turkey they number over…
Anatolia is one of the foremost world sources of plants which have been cultivated for food, and the wild ancestors of many plants which now provide staples for mankind still…
Everybody thinks that tulips come from Holland. Actually, Tulips are native to Central Asia and Turkey. In the 16th Century they were brought to Holland from Turkey, and quickly became…