Malabadi Nature Park stands next to the historic Malabadi bridge on the old Batman-Silvan-Diyarbakır road, in Kozluk district of Batman province, 32 kilometres from the city centre.
The park was declared on 13 March 2019 and covers 95.95 hectares. The directorate describes it as the first nature park in Batman, and it takes its name from the bridge beside it.
Its principal tree is the Mount Tabor oak, Quercus ithaburensis. Growing with it are terebinth, Arizona and Mediterranean cypress, oriental plane, black locust, and Eldar, stone and black pine. Jackal, fox, hare and hedgehog are the mammals recorded; swift, sparrowhawk, common buzzard, magpie, sparrow, jay and gull the birds; and Greek tortoise, frogs and snakes the reptiles and amphibians.
When the park does open, the directorate plans a prayer room, washrooms, day-use grounds, a country coffee house and restaurant, bungalows, tent camping areas, a drinking fountain, children's play areas and a kiosk, with picnic spots, viewing terraces, birdwatching, photo safari and walking and running trails as the activities. Until then the site is reached, but not used, by following the old Batman-Silvan-Diyarbakır road for about 32 kilometres out of the city.
- Designated
- 11.07.2011
Visiting hours
- Visiting hours
- 08:00 - 23:00
When to go
- Climate
- Across Batman as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 2.6 °C in January to 30.3 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in March (76 mm) and lightest in July (2 mm). Long-term means for 1952-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
