The Kıran Evliya juniper is a high-altitude tree: the directorate records it at 2,030 metres. It is squat rather than tall, 4.53 metres high but 1.46 metres through the trunk, with a girth of 4.60 metres — the proportions of a juniper that has spent a very long time growing in thin mountain air. It was declared a natural monument on 26 June 1995.

Designated
26.06.1995Checked: September 13, 2026

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Climate
Across Gümüşhane as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -1.7 °C in January to 20.3 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (70 mm) and lightest in August (14 mm). Long-term means for 1961-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).Checked: September 22, 2026