Yazılı Canyon Nature Park Explained

Yazılı Canyon Nature Park
Alt Name:Yazılı Kanyon Tabiat Parkı
Map:Turkey
Relief:yes
Label Position:right
Label:Yazılı Canyon NP
Location:Sütçüler, Isparta Province, Turkey
Coordinates:37.4686°N 30.9225°W
Visitation Num:nearly 70,000
Visitation Year: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, southwestern Turkey. It is about 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.

The area around the canyon covering was declared as the country's second nature park by the Ministry of Environment and Forest on September 5, 1989.

As reported in 2015, nearly 70,000 domestic and foreign tourists visit the nature park annually. The nature park can be visited on a day-only base since there is no lodging facility.