Koruluk Kermes Oak III is a single kermes oak in Kızılören village, Dazkırı district of Afyonkarahisar province, registered as a natural monument on 6 September 2002 on 0.10 hectares. It was protected for one reason: its size. The trunk is about 120 centimetres across, far beyond the usual diameter and height for the species, and the directorate calls it one of the thickest kermes oaks known in Türkiye.
Kermes oak normally grows as scrub rather than as a tree, which is what makes the measurement notable.
Other kermes oaks and black pine saplings grow around it. There are no facilities and no concessionaire. Capacity is 100 visitors and 10 vehicles.
The monument stands at the Kürdezi locality, also given as Üçardıçlar-Koruluk, 2.5 kilometres from the village centre.
- Designated
- 6.09.2002
Visiting hours
- Visiting hours
- 08:30 - 17:30
When to go
- Climate
- Across Afyonkarahisar as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 0.4 °C in January to 22.2 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (56 mm) and lightest in August (14 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
