I’m in love with Aegean, I’m not saying for nothing that I’m a fan. The climate, nature and history of the Aegean region are more than enough for people. After completing the trip to Cunda Island, it was time to visit Kaz Mountains, which have national and international rare natural and cultural resource values and a protected area. announced. In order to prevent damage to the ecosystem, production is not allowed in the National Park in accordance with the law numbered 2873.. Not only production, but also hunting, collecting plants and barbecuing are prohibited.. Only in designated event venues, picnics without a fire without barbecue are allowed.
Izdagi, which has not been affected by the ice age that lasted for about 90 thousand years, owes this to its natural riches.
800 plant species have been identified in Kazdağları National Park. 31 plant species, especially the Kazdağı Fir, are unique to this region.. Some of the plant species are as follows; Wild garlic, Kazdağı wallflower, yarrow, thistle, squishy herb, high herb, stone thyme, Kazdagi centaury, Sarıkız tea, midwife bush, horsetail grass, cassia grass. Kazdağı is not limited to plant species, of course.. Wild boar, badger fox, marten and brown bear, and 120 different bird species and animal diversity are also available.
Karataş, known as “Yellow Girl, Baba Tepe and Gargaros,” of Kaz Mountains It has a total of 3 peaks with its hill.. It is forbidden to enter Kazdagi National Park without a guide.
Izdagi, which has an important place even in Ottoman history, was destroyed by Fatih Sultan Mehmet’s Turkmen tribes living in the Taurus Mountains in the occupation of Istanbul. Cutting trees for use in the region is included in the Ottoman records that he brought here.
The cost of going to Kazdagi National Park is 80 TL per person and 15 TL per person.. Or with the Kazdağı tour you can buy from the center of Akçay, you can visit the guide + lunch all day and get useful information.. The tour starts at 10:00 in the morning and ends at 17:00 in the evening.
For those who do not have the opportunity to join the Kazdağı tour, but do not have time, it is absolutely necessary to visit Pınarbaşı and the National Park. Explore the Sutüven waterfall known as Hasan Boğuldu.
Hasan Boğuldu’s Story :
Hasan Boğuldu tells of a love story and its sad end. It is the love story of Obalı Emine and Ovalı Hasan.. Hasan and Emine love each other. However, it is difficult for them to get together because their lifestyles are different from each other, but he still wants Emine from his family.. In the Oba tradition, there is a condition for Emine to marry Hasan.. Hasan has to bring a sack of salt on his back from the village to Oba without rest.. Hasan accepts this. Emine goes with Hasan. Hasan takes a sack of salt from the village and sets off.. It is not difficult at first, but under the influence of the sun and fatigue, he sweats and the salt in the bag starts to burn his back.. Emine does not allow him to rest and does not help in order not to disturb the morals.. Hasan tries with all his might to carry the sack full of salt.. However, after a certain period of time, it becomes exhausted and piles up with a sack of salt.. Thereupon, Emine takes the sack and continues on her way.. Hasan shouts after Emine and Emine says I couldn’t come, you come after me.. No one has seen Hasan since that day.. Emine finds a piece of his shirt by the stream.. Hasan’s voice is constantly ringing in Emine’s ears. He always calls Emine. Emine’s condition gets worse every day. Finally, he hangs himself with Hasan’s shirt on a tree by the stream.
Sutüven means splashing water. Waterfall entrance 4 TL per person, 15 TL for vehicle. As soon as you park the car in the Parking Lot, you pass in front of the facility on the right and reach a bridge.. This is the place where the water flows from the highest in the watertuff area.. Take the view from above or use the stairs to go down and shoot from here. In fact, if you’re going to go down, I’m sure you’ll have a hard time not throwing yourself into this water.. Continuing from here, there is a barbecue area.. It must be incredibly nice to have your barbecue in the shade of the trees and eat on the benches in the water with your feet in the water.. Here, after taking a few photos, we pass through a small market area and come across a pond of enormous beauty.. After that, the point where the actual waterfall is located. It is forbidden to enter the water at this point. If we couldn’t get into the water, we decided to climb the mountain peak and take the best photo I was going to go further back, I even went past the wire fences, but I couldn’t stand the attack of the bees and had to turn back Well, this one will be okay now.
Sutüven Waterfall in our next article under the title of Gure Çamlıbel Village and Pınarbaşı Recreation Area . We recommend you to read it if you are interested.. In order to prevent damage to the ecosystem, production is not allowed in the National Park in accordance with the law numbered 2873.. Not only production, but also hunting, collecting plants and barbecuing are prohibited.. Only picnics without a barbecue are allowed at designated venues.