Yazılı Canyon Nature Park () is a

canyon A canyon (; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tendency t ...

Isparta Province Isparta Province () is a province in southwestern Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Afyon to the northwest, Burdur to the southwest, Antalya to the south, and Konya to the east. Its area is 8,946 km2, and its population is 445,325 (2022). The p ...

, southwestern Turkey, which was declared with its surrounding area a

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in 1989. The canyon is located near Çandır village in

Sütçüler Sütçüler is a town in Isparta Province in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southea ...

district of Isparta Province, southwestern Turkey. It is about south of

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. 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

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.

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Canyons and gorges of Turkey Landforms of Isparta Province Nature parks in Turkey Protected areas established in 1989 1989 establishments in Turkey Tourist attractions in Isparta Province Sütçüler District {{Isparta-geo-stub