Telme Tabiat Parkı covers 74.9 hectares at Telme village in the Şiran district of Gümüşhane, declared on 1 October 2021 and named after the village beside it.
What grows here is juniper, and the Directorate describes the stand plainly as degraded forest rather than intact woodland: Greek juniper dominates, and mountain steppe covers most of the area. The vegetation changes towards the edges — Scots pine along the northern boundary and İspir oak along the western, each mixing with the juniper.
There are no facilities at present. What people do here is come for the day, picnic, and walk among the junipers. Stated capacity is 1,000 visitors and 10 vehicles. The park lies about 15 kilometres north-east of Şiran; the nearest airport is Trabzon, some 150 kilometres away.
- Designated
- 1.10.2021
Entry fee
- Black Sea group 3 · category 1 · Per person
- 65 ₺
When to go
- Climate
- Across Gümüşhane as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -1.7 °C in January to 20.3 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (70 mm) and lightest in August (14 mm). Long-term means for 1961-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
