10,000 families attend nature camps in Türkiye
Children participate in a tug-of-war competiton during a sunny outdoor event at a nature camp coordinated by the DKMP.
Around 10,000 families applied to join nature camps held simultaneously across 81 provinces, Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı said during an event in the capital Ankara.
Yumaklı attended the family camp coordinated by the Nature Conservation and National Parks General Directorate (DKMP) at Sorgun Nature Park, releasing treated birds into the wild with children and joining a tug-of-war competition.
Authorities increased the number of national parks fourfold to 696 over the past 24 years while establishing 47 ecotourism routes, Yumaklı said. These sites include natural reserves and historic areas.
