Mount Güllük-Termessos National Park

The national park is located in Korkuteli district of Antalya Province, northwest of Antalya, 23 km (14 mi) in the Düzlerçamı direction from 30 km (19 mi) on the Antalyal-Burdur highway D-650.^[1]

Established on 3 November 1970,^[2] the national park covers an area of 67,020 daa (67.02 km²; 25.88 sq mi). Rising from the travertine plains of Antalya, Mount Güllük contains the ruins of the ancient city of Termessos, founded by the Solymoi, one of the indigenous peoples of Anatolia. In the ancient city that has survived to this day, the most important works include tombs from the Hellenistic period, the royal road from the Roman period, agora, theater, cisterns, walls, towers, and a drainage system. In the region, where hills, valleys, and canyons are often found, there is the Mecene Strait, which reaches a depth of 600 m (2,000 ft).

The national park, with an elevation difference of 250–1,665 m (820–5,463 ft), hosts a rich flora and fauna as well as historical values. The region is the habitat of the fallow deer, which is an extinct endangered species. It is also home to mammals such as mountain goats, caracals, lynxes, stone martens, foxes, rabbits, squirrels, badgers, hedgehogs, bats, and rare predators such as Eastern imperial eagles and songbirds. The endemic plant species in the national park, covered with red pine forests and maquis plant communities, also add special importance and value to the biodiversity of the region.^[1]