The Narman fairy chimneys are a natural monument at the Büyük Kuzey and Kılışlara hills, in the Yoldere neighbourhood of the Narman district of Erzurum.
The site stands on the Erzurum–Ardahan D955 road, ten kilometres from the town of Narman. Coming from Erzurum, leave the E80 towards Ağrı at its 45th kilometre onto the D955; the monument lies west of that road at its 40th kilometre. There is a second approach on the gravel road to Yoldere, leaving the Sülüklü neighbourhood road 1,700 metres along.
The natural monument covers 281 hectares and was registered on 11 May 2018. It lies in the Irano-Turanian phytogeographic region, one of the three that meet in Türkiye, and its vegetation is treeless steppe; oleaster, spurge and wild thyme are among the plants recorded.
Surveys have found wild goat, wild boar, bear, wolf and hare, chukar and grey partridge, and among the birds of prey the golden eagle and the long-legged buzzard, with the white wagtail among the smaller birds. The directorate notes that it has no control over who enters or leaves the site, so it gives no visitor capacity, and that visitors are responsible for their own safety.
- Designated
- 24.05.2018
When to go
- Climate
- Across Erzurum as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -9.1 °C in January to 19.6 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in July and August; rainfall is heaviest in May (73 mm) and lightest in August (18 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
