created by order of the great leader of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk dated August 19, 1929, according to the project of the famous French architect Henri is simple and with the landscape design of the main gardener Pandelli Rocketas, an area of 1 million 80 thousand square meters, which is led by the Ministry of Health, in the 96th year of its existence accepts visitors with the former splendor.
Arboretum, created in the area known in the Byzantine, Ottoman and republican periods as the “Healing Center” thanks to its thermal sources, there is more than 1,500 trees of 66 species, including the Atlasian cedar, Japanese maple, fluffy palm trees and Pavlovia.
thanks to the greenhouses, thanks to the greenhouses, thanks The seedlings are also carefully monitored on the territory of the enterprise, where they are carefully monitored by seedlings.
Here you can see the trees characteristic of many countries
The Director of the Directorate of thermal Sources of the Ministry of Health Mehmed Burkhan Topsogut told the Anadol agency that the object is a place located in close contact with nature and having the status of a protected forest.
According to historical sources, the territory on which the facility is located was covered with Machia, and after the arrival of Ataturk in this region, various types of trees began to appear here.
Topsoguts reported that the Ataturk wrote letters with a request to send the seedlings:
“The ambassadors of the ambassadors of the ambassadors The seedlings of the trees characteristic of their countries were sent, ataturk gave an order to create the first selection in Turkey. For many countries, from the United States to China, from Argentina to Albania. “
He drew attention to the fact that in the dendrarium you can see species rare for Turkey.
Beloved dahlias of Ataturka spread from the Termal
landscape architect Vasfia Balja, which engages in the reproduction of rare views in The greenhouses of the complex, as well as their departure and control, notes that when it came to the complex while studying, was very surprised when I saw such types of trees.