Animals in Turkey: What You Can Spot, Learn, and Collect
Turkey's wildlife: bald ibis at Birecik, sea turtles at Dalyan and the Göksu Delta, flamingos at the Sultan Marshes near Kayseri, Kaçkar bears and Bosphorus storks.

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Turkey bridges Europe and the Middle East and its wildlife shows it: brown bears, wolves and lynx in the Black Sea mountains, caracals and striped hyenas in the south and south-east, the last semi-wild northern bald ibis colony at Birecik, and loggerhead and green turtles nesting on the Mediterranean beaches. Flamingos breed on Lake Tuz and feed at the Sultan Marshes below Erciyes near Kayseri, pelicans nest at Manyas, and hundreds of thousands of storks and raptors cross the Bosphorus every autumn.
Turkey is too big and too varied to summarise as one wildlife destination. The Black Sea coast is temperate rainforest with bears and lynx in the Kaçkar mountains; the Anatolian plateau is steppe with salt lakes, flamingos and the wild ancestor of the golden hamster; the Mediterranean coast has turtle beaches, geckos and fallow deer in the Taurus pine forest; and the south-east around Birecik and Şanlıurfa is where striped hyenas, bald ibis and Middle Eastern species reach their northern limit.
Cappadocia and Kayseri, where the Turkish AnimalDex captures so far have been made, sit in the middle of this. The fairy-chimney valleys have rock-nesting birds, foxes and hares, and twenty minutes south of Kayseri the Sultan Marshes National Park spreads under the volcano Erciyes, one of Turkey's most important wetlands with flamingos, pelicans, cranes and herons on its reed-fringed lakes.
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Turkey holds species that are gone or nearly gone from the rest of the region. The Birecik bald ibis colony is the only one left in the eastern Mediterranean, the Akyatan beach near Adana is the largest green turtle nesting site in the Mediterranean, and the Anatolian leopard still survives in a few remote ranges.
It is also one of the great migration crossroads. The Bosphorus in September funnels the entire eastern European population of white storks and tens of thousands of raptors over Istanbul's rooftops, and the Çamlıca hills give views that rival any flyway in the world.
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Northern Bald IbisB
The Birecik breeding station on the Euphrates keeps the last eastern colony of bald ibis, a few hundred birds that fly free over the town from February to July and nest on the cliffs and ledges above it.
Catatan spotting: Guaranteed at Birecik in spring and early summer; the birds are aviary-held outside the breeding season.
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Loggerhead Sea TurtleC
Loggerheads nest on İztuzu beach at Dalyan, the Göksu Delta near Silifke, Patara and Belek, with a rehabilitation centre at Dalyan and strict night closures in the nesting season.
Catatan spotting: Likely from boats off Dalyan in summer; nesting is watched only on guided walks.
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Green Sea TurtleC
Turkey's southern beaches hold most of the Mediterranean's green turtle nests, with Akyatan near Adana the largest site and the Göksu Delta and Samandağ close behind.
Catatan spotting: Uncommon to see; the Göksu and Akyatan beaches in June and July with a guide.
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Greater FlamingoC
Lake Tuz in central Anatolia has one of the Mediterranean's largest flamingo breeding colonies, and the birds feed in thousands at the Sultan Marshes south of Kayseri and on Lake Seyfe.
Catatan spotting: Reliable at the Sultan Marshes from spring to autumn; the Lake Tuz colony itself is off-limits.
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Great White PelicanC
Pelicans breed at the Kuş Cenneti (Bird Paradise) National Park on Lake Manyas near Bandırma and pass through the Sultan Marshes and the Göksu Delta on migration.
Catatan spotting: Regular at Manyas from April to September; passage flocks at Sultan Marshes in spring and autumn.
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Ruddy ShelduckC
Ruddy shelducks breed around the highland lakes of eastern Anatolia, including Lake Van and Lake Erçek, and on the Sultan Marshes and other central plateau wetlands.
Catatan spotting: Common on plateau lakes from March to October.
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Brown BearA
Several thousand bears live in Turkey, densest in the Kaçkar mountains above Yusufeli and the Black Sea forests, where bear-watching hides operate in late summer.
Catatan spotting: Likely from a Kaçkar hide in August and September; occasional on mountain trails.
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CaracalB
Caracals survive in the Mediterranean maquis and Taurus foothills of Antalya and Muğla and in the south-east, recorded by camera traps far more often than by eye.
Catatan spotting: Very rare; a night drive in the Köprülü Canyon or Termessos hinterland is the slim chance.
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Striped HyenaB
Striped hyenas reach their northern limit in south-eastern Turkey around Şanlıurfa, Hatay and the Euphrates valley, scavenging around villages at night.
Catatan spotting: Rare; road sightings at night near Birecik and Hatay are the usual records.
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Golden HamsterE
The wild ancestor of the pet golden hamster lives only on the Aleppo plateau of northern Syria and the adjoining Turkish provinces of Kilis and Gaziantep, in wheat fields and field margins.
Catatan spotting: Very rare to see; nocturnal and confined to a small farmed region on the Syrian border.
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Fallow DeerC
Turkey's Düzlerçamı forest near Antalya holds one of the last truly native fallow deer populations in the world, the stock from which many European herds descend.
Catatan spotting: Uncommon; the Düzlerçamı breeding station and surrounding pine forest at dawn.
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Greek TortoiseE
Spur-thighed tortoises are common across Anatolia from the Aegean olive groves to the steppe around Cappadocia, crossing roads and tracks in spring.
Catatan spotting: Common in April and May; look on dirt tracks in the morning.
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Mediterranean House GeckoE
House geckos hunt moths on the walls of Antalya, Bodrum and Göreme hotel courtyards every warm night and are the standard Turkish evening capture.
Catatan spotting: Guaranteed on lit walls from April to October on the coast and in Cappadocia.
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White StorkC
The entire eastern European stork population crosses the Bosphorus in late August and September, hundreds of thousands of birds in a few weeks, and villages like Eskikaraağaç near Bursa are stork villages.
Catatan spotting: Spectacular over Istanbul's Çamlıca hills in late August; nests across Anatolia in summer.
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- Bald ibis at Birecik on the Euphrates in spring
- Flamingos, pelicans and herons at the Sultan Marshes below Erciyes near Kayseri
- Turtle beaches at Dalyan, the Göksu Delta and Akyatan
- Stork and raptor migration over the Bosphorus in September
Tips spotting
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- 01Visit Birecik between March and June when the ibis are free-flying; the breeding station is on the north edge of town and the birds feed on the riverside fields at dawn.
- 02The Sultan Marshes are a short drive from Kayseri or Cappadocia; the Ovaçiftlik visitor centre has towers and boardwalks, and early morning gives flamingos before the heat haze.
- 03At Dalyan take a boat to İztuzu beach and watch for turtles surfacing in the channel; the beach closes at night in the nesting season and daytime visitors must stay off the marked nests.
- 04For the Bosphorus migration stand on Büyük Çamlıca hill on the Asian side in the last ten days of August from mid-morning, when thermals lift the storks over the city.
Wildlife Guides virtual
Panduan satwa liar ke Turkey
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What wildlife is there in Turkey?
Turkey has brown bears, wolves, lynx, wild boar and chamois in its northern mountains, caracals, striped hyenas and the rare Anatolian leopard in the south and south-east, loggerhead and green turtles on the Mediterranean beaches, and flamingos, pelicans, bald ibis and huge migrations of storks and raptors. Tortoises, geckos and agamas are common across Anatolia.
What animals can be found in Turkey?
Bald ibis at Birecik, flamingos at Lake Tuz and the Sultan Marshes, pelicans at Manyas, bears in the Kaçkar mountains, native fallow deer at Düzlerçamı, turtles at Dalyan and the Göksu Delta, and storks by the hundred thousand over the Bosphorus in September.
What animals live around Cappadocia and Kayseri?
The fairy-chimney valleys have red foxes, hares, rock-nesting kestrels and rollers, tortoises and geckos. The Sultan Marshes National Park south of Kayseri adds flamingos, pelicans, herons, cranes and ruddy shelducks, and the slopes of Erciyes have wolves and golden eagles.
When can you see turtles in Turkey?
Loggerheads and green turtles nest from May to August and hatchlings emerge from July to September. Boat trips at Dalyan see adult loggerheads in the channel throughout the summer, and the Dalyan rehabilitation centre is open year-round.
Apakah pengguna AnimalDex pernah menemukan hewan di Turkey?
Ya. Pengguna AnimalDex telah mencatat 3 capture publik dari 3 spesies berbeda di Turkey, termasuk eurasian collared dove, roe deer, toco toucan. Semuanya difoto di aplikasi pada saat penampakan.
Bagaimana cara menemukan panduan satwa liar ke Turkey?
Lihat bagian Wildlife Guides di halaman ini atau jelajahi Wildlife Guides di AnimalDex. Setiap panduan adalah panduan virtual yang dibuat dari penampakan satwa liar milik seorang penjelajah di sekitar Turkey: satwa yang mereka temukan, seberapa langka, dan kapan. Ini saran dari orang yang pernah ke sana, bukan tur. Jika kamu ingin ditemani seseorang di lokasi, bandingkan pemandu lokal dari pengetahuan satwanya, cara mereka memperlakukan satwa, dan kejelasan harganya sebelum berangkat.
