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Atatürk Arboretum

What could you fit into a day when you will be left alone with the places to visit. There are currently two arboretums in Turkey,
nature? How does it sound to discover an open air museum har- one in Yalova and one in İstanbul. Atatürk Arboretum creates a
boring nearly 2000 types of plants along with crystal clear air huge contrast with İstanbul’s stressful and treeless daily lifestyle,
and to immortalize those magnificent views? We almost hear you and therefore is a very special location to make a huge contribu-
say ‘very good’. Then, it is high time to set off towards Atatürk tion to personal serenity, in addition to its ‘scientific’ purposes.
Arboretum, which is located in the southeast of Belgrade For- This exclusive place where you can get away from all the crowd
ests, covering a land of 296 hectares and harboring Turkey’s and stress and listen to yourself along the sounds of nature, was
first nursery garden. first established in 1940. The extensive project was initiated by
Sorbonne University, and was completed as of 1982 following
In its simplest term, arboretums can be described as ‘tree mu- the completion of all infrastructural and planting works. To cel-
seums.’ Inside these museums, rare types of trees are cultivated ebrate the 100th anniversary of Atatürk’s birth, it was named
and cured. The word arboretum is derived from the Latin word Atatürk Arboretum. Under its roof, you can get acquainted with
‘arbor’ which means tree and ‘-etum’ suffix which means ‘area more than 2000 types of plants and discover this natural wonder
where specific plants are cultivated’. Unlike botanical parks, ar- that is elaborately divided into seven different parcels to repre-
boretums are known for cultivating and curing plants in addition sent the 7 continents of the world. The arboretum has a unique
to creating an awareness about natural beauties. In that sense, beauty during all seasons of the year, but especially autumns
arboretums are more scientific entities rather than just offering offer very colorful views. All you need to do is to witness this