Milli Parklar - Serbest bölgeler - Turizm koridorları - Sınırlar | KPSS - AGS COĞRAFYA KAMPI 2026

The video marks the 32+1 day of the KPSS AGS geography camp, focusing on topics not fully covered in the main camp, found at the back of the textbook. These include national parks, Ramsar sites, tourism corridors, free trade zones, and border information. These topics are presented as a reference, like a dictionary, for easy review.

Free trade zones, also known as free zones, are established to boost exports by creating areas exempt from customs duties. Goods entering or leaving these zones are not subject to standard customs procedures unless they are brought into the domestic market. This benefits companies by reducing taxes and supporting foreign investment. Turkey has 19 such zones, predominantly in coastal regions like Izmir and Istanbul. Notably, Denizli and Kayseri are exceptions as inland free trade zones.

Ramsar sites are wetlands of international importance, especially as waterfowl habitat, designated under the Ramsar Convention signed in Iran in 1975 and ratified by Turkey in 1994. These areas, typically shallow waters like deltas, lagoons, swamps, and reed beds, are crucial for bird observation. Key Ramsar sites in Turkey include Kızılırmak Delta, Yumurtalık and Akyatan Lagoons, Meke Lake, Seyfe Lake, and Sultan Sazlığı, each with unique ecological significance. The video highlights Nemrut Lake as a Ramsar site, distinct from Nemrut Mountain National Park.

Turkey has developed tourism corridors to extend tourism throughout the year and across different regions. These include the Highland Corridor (Black Sea region), Winter Corridor (eastern Anatolia, known for ski resorts like Sarıkamış), Faith Tourism Corridor (Southeastern Anatolia, rich in historical and religious sites), and coastal corridors in the Western Black Sea, Aegean (Olive Corridor), and Thrace (Thrace Culture Corridor). These projects aim to harness the country's diverse tourism potential.

National parks in Turkey are protected areas recognized for their natural, geological, ecological, historical, and cultural significance. Turkey has 50 national parks. The first national park was Yozgat Çamlığı, and the most recent addition is Geben Valley National Park in Kahramanmaraş. Göreme and Nemrut Mountains are highlighted as dual UNESCO World Heritage Sites and National Parks. The video briefly lists other national parks and offers mnemonic devices to remember their locations.

The video examines Turkey's borders with neighboring countries using a 2023 map from the General Directorate of Mapping. Turkey shares borders with Georgia (Artvin, Ardahan), Armenia (Kars, Iğdır), Azerbaijan (via Nakhchivan, bordering Iğdır), and Iran (Ağrı, Van, Hakkari). The border with Iran is the oldest, established by the Treaty of Qasr-e Shirin. The longest border is with Syria (Mardin, Şanlıurfa, Gaziantep, Kilis, Hatay), finalized with Hatay's annexation in 1939. The shortest land border is with Greece (Edirne), formed by the Meriç River, while the border with Bulgaria is shared by Kırklareli and Edirne.