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Irmak Nature Park (Turkish: Irmak Tabiat Parkı) is a nature park located in Sarıyer district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Irmak Nature Park is situated across Kirazlıbent Nature Park inside the Belgrad Forest and is west of Bahçeköy, Sarıyer. The area was declared a nature park by the Ministry of Environment and Forest in 2011, and is one of the nine nature parks inside the Belgrad Forest. It covers an area of about 10 ha (25 acres). The protected area is named
for the creek (Turkish: Irmak) running through the protected area.
The nature park offers outdoor recreation activities such as hiking, cycling and picnicing for visitors on daily basis.[2] There are playgrounds for children. Admission is charged for visitors and vehicles.




Ecosystem


Flora
Vegetation of the nature park is dense wood of deciduous trees comprising sessile oak (Quercus petraea), Kasnak oak (Quercus vulcanica), hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), European alder (Alnus glutinosa), sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa), blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), laurestine (Viburnum tinus), common ivy (Hedera helix), butcher's-broom (Ruscus aculeatus) and blackberry (Rubus).

Fauna
Animals mainly observed in the Belgrad Forest are wild boar, golden jackal, deer, roe deer, fox, gray wolf, marten, hare, squirrel, porcupine, wood mouse, the reptile tortoise and the bird species buzzard, hawk, magpie, crow, woodpecker, passer, finch and goldfinch.




See also


Ayvat Bendi Nature Park
Bentler Nature Park
Falih Rıfkı Atay Nature Park
Fatih Çeşmesi Nature Park
Kirazlıbent Nature Park
Kömürcübent Nature Park
Mehmet Akif Ersoy Nature Park
Neşet Suyu Nature Park




References

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• Irmak Nature Park
• Belgrad Forest
• Sarıyer
• Bentler Nature Park
• Mehmet Akif Ersoy Nature Park
• Kömürcübent Nature Park
• Ayvat Bendi Nature Park
• Falih Rıfkı Atay Nature Park
• Kirazlıbent Nature Park
• List of nature parks of Turkey