Atatürk Arboretum is an

arboretum An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, man ...

Bahçeköy, Sarıyer Bahçeköy is a neighborhood of Sarıyer district in Istanbul Province, Turkey. Bahçeköy is situated from Sarıyer.It is bordered by Fatih Forest, Çayırbaşı, Büyükdere, Kemerburgaz, Zekeriyeköy and Gümüşdere. Institutions within ...

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, Turkey. The establishment of an arboretum was proposed by Hayrettin Kayacık, professor of the Faculty of Forestry at

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in 1949. Initially, an area of was foreseen for the arboretum. Between 1959 and 1961, Camille Guinet, inspector of the

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's botanical garden, planned the road network inside the arboretum. Due to financial shortages, accomplishment of the project took time. Opened on July 12, 1982, it was named in honor of

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, or Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1921, and Ghazi Mustafa Kemal from 1921 Surname Law (Turkey), until 1934 ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish Mareşal (Turkey), field marshal, Turkish National Movement, re ...

(1881–1938), the founder of Turkish Republic, on his 100th birthday anniversary. It is owned and financed by the Directorate General of Forestry, which is also responsible for the administrative operation. Istanbul University's Faculty of Forestry is the scientific partner of the park's executive board. The main goal of the arboretum is to serve the faculty and the students of Istanbul University's Forestry Department including the relevant agencies of the Ministry of Forest and Water Management, forest engineers,

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s, domestic and foreign scientists as well as nature lovers in their research work. The arboretum covers an area of southeast of

Belgrad Forest Belgrad Forest ( tr, Belgrad Ormanı) is a mixed deciduous forest lying adjacent to Istanbul, Turkey. It is named after the village next to the forest, settled by thousands of Serbs who were deported to the capital Constantinople from the city of ...

. It contains the 1818-built Kirazlı Dam ( tr, Kirazlıbent) and a 1916-establıshed

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Gallery

File:AtatürkArboretum (6).jpg, A view of the arboretum. File:AtatürkArboretum (8).jpg, A view of the larger pond. File:AtatürkArboretum (17).jpg, A view of the smaller pond. File:AtatürkArboretum (20).jpg, Pond lilies. File:AtatürkArboretum (24).jpg, An old big dead oak tree trunk. File:AtatürkArboretum (28).jpg, A conifer. File:AtatürkArboretum (29).jpg, A walkway. File:AtatürkArboretum (7).jpg, A duck in the larger pond. File:AtatürkArboretum (13).jpg, Swans in the larger pond.

References

Arboreta in Turkey Botanical gardens in Turkey Protected areas of Turkey Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1992 1992 establishments in Turkey Istanbul University Sarıyer

Arboretum An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, man ...

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