The juniper at Çandır village, in the Sütçüler district of Isparta, is the oldest tree on the province's monument list: the Directorate General of Nature Conservation and National Parks puts it at around 1,000 years. It is also the largest, 27 metres tall with a trunk 2.50 metres across and a girth of 7.85 metres, and it was declared a natural monument on 29 September 1994.
Facilities are minimal and the figures say so plainly: a protected plot of a quarter of a hectare, a stated capacity of five visitors and two vehicles. Come for the tree itself, and expect nowhere to park a coach.
- Designated
- 29.09.1994
Visiting hours
- Visiting hours
- 09:30 - 17:00
When to go
- Climate
- Across Isparta as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 1.9 °C in January to 23.5 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (86 mm) and lightest in August (14 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
