Kirazlıbent Nature Park lies within the Belgrade Forest in Eyüpsultan, about six kilometres west of Bahçeköy and east of Kemerburgaz. Declared a nature park by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in 2011, it is one of nine nature parks inside the Belgrade Forest and covers 1,914 hectares. It takes its name from the Kirazlıbent dam, built on the Kirazlı stream in 1818 for Sultan Mahmud II.
The woodland here holds sessile oak, Kasnak oak, Anatolian chestnut, hornbeam, black pine and oriental beech, with ivy, greenbrier, butcher's broom and tree heath beneath them.
The park offers picnicking, walking and cycling, and there are playgrounds for children. There is a charge for entry, both for visitors and for vehicles.
- Designated
- 11.07.2011
Entry fee
- Marmara group 2 · category 1 · Per person
- 75 ₺
When to go
- Climate
- Across İstanbul as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 6.8 °C in January to 24.7 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (99 mm) and lightest in July (22 mm). Long-term means for 1950-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
