Yedikapı Tabiat Parkı was declared a nature park in May 2018 under the National Parks Law and covers 215.9 hectares at Kemerkaya village in the Bolvadin district of Afyonkarahisar.
What grows here is coppice oak in poor condition rather than high forest, and more than 95 per cent of it is Turkey oak. Scattered individuals of Greek juniper and prickly juniper occur among them, along with barberry, dog rose, hawthorn and wild pear. The animals identified around the park are wild boar, fox, hare, jackal, sparrowhawk, crow, turtle dove and squirrel.
Inside the boundary are a prayer room, a kiosk, an entrance arch, lavatories, a children's playground and a local-produce stall, with a stated capacity of 3,800 visitors. The park's stated purpose is to meet the local need for picnic and recreation ground while using those day visits to make the natural resources known and to build awareness of conservation.
The park lies 1.6 kilometres south-east of the Eskişehir–Konya state road, 79 kilometres from the provincial centre, 27 from Bolvadin and 12 from Emirdağ, and the approach is asphalt. Coming from Afyonkarahisar towards Eskişehir, turn right off the D-675 and continue 4.2 kilometres; coming from Eskişehir towards Konya, turn left and do the same. The entrance arch to the day-use area is on your right at the end of the road.
- Designated
- 29.05.2018
Entry fee
- Aegean group 3 · category 1 · Per person
- 65 ₺
When to go
- Climate
- Across Afyonkarahisar as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 0.4 °C in January to 22.2 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (56 mm) and lightest in August (14 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
