Otlukbeli Gölü is protected as a natural site by decision of the Erzurum board for the protection of cultural and natural property.
The directorate says the lake's basin and the way it formed are, among lake types known to date, unique in the world, and that it is on this account described as a natural monument.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Erzincan as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -2.8 °C in January to 24 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (54 mm) and lightest in August (7 mm). Long-term means for 1928-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
