Mountaineering

Turkey presents to mountains lovers with an incredible variety of interesting climbing opportunities that are sure to satisfy the most demanding hikers, climbers, and winter sports fans. In Turkey, mountains come in all sizes, geo-morphological and tectonic structures and boast abundant wildlife and forests teeming with diverse flora and fauna. Every year thousands of tourists from all over the world come to Turkey for winter sports (especially skiing), mountains climbing and hiking.

Types of Mountains and Important Mountains in Turkey

Mountains Types in Turkey

Turkey, which becomes more arid the further south one goes, is presently hemmed in on every side by mountain ranges: The Northern Anatolian Mountain Range, the Interior Anatolian Massif Range, the Southern Anatolian Mountain Range and the Southeastern Anatolian Mountain Range. Important mountains in the Northern Anatolian Mountain Range are Istıranca (Yıldız) Mt. (1000 m), Bursa Uludağ Mt. (2543 m) , Bolu Köpoğlu Mt. (2400 m), Ilgaz Mt. (2587) and the Karagöl Mts. (3100m). In the Central Anatolian Massif Range, there are volcanic mountains such as, Erciyes Mt. (3917m), Hasan Mt. (3263m), Greater Mt. Ararat (5137m), Tendürek Mt. (3533m), Süphan Mt. (4058m) and Nemrut Mt. (3050m). In the folded Taurus Mountain range, there are the Beydağlar Mts. (3086m) and Bolkar Mts. (3524m), and in the Southeastern Anatolian Mountain Range there are the, Hakkari Cilo (Buzul), Sat (4136m) and Nur (Amanos) Mountains.

Mountains formed by folding or breaking Western Taurus

-Beydağları Central Taurus

-Bolkar Dağları -Aladağlar Munzur Mountains Cilo

-Sat Mountains Kaçkar Mountains

-Western Group (Verşembek)

-Kavran Group

-Eastern Group (Altıparmak)

Volcanic Mountains

-Mount Ararat and Lesser Ararat

-Mount Süphan

-Mount Tendürek

-Mount Nemrut

-Mount Hasan

-Mount Erciyes

Important mountains in Turkey (Ranked according to height)
 

Name of the Mountain	Height (meters)
Mt. Ararat	5137
Süphan	4434
Gelyansın (Reşko Tepesi, Cilo - Sat)	4134
Kaçkar (Kaçkarlar)	3932
Mt. Erciyes	3916
Lesser Ararat	3896
Handeyade (Cilo - Sat)	3794
Greater Demirkazık (Aladağlar)	3756
Kısara (Cilo - Sat)	3752
Kızılkaya (Aladağlar)	3725
Mazanı (Cilo - Sat)	3725
Emler (Aladağlar)	3723
Verçenik (Kaçkarlar)	3711
Kaldı (Aladağlar)	3688
Mırhamza ( Cilo - Sat)	3670
Kızılyar (Aladağlar)	3654
Gürtepe (Aladağlar)	3630
Sematepe (Aladağlar)	3623
Çağalın Başı (Aladağlar)	3612
Torasan (Aladağlar)	3584
Alaca (Lorut)(Aladağlar)	3582
Vayvay (Aladağlar)	3563
Bulut (Kaçkarlar)	3562
Boruklu (Aladağlar)	3548
Gevaruk (Cilo - Sat)	3540
Çandır Dağı (Van Gölü)	3537
Güngörmez (Kaçkarlar)	3536
Sulağankaya (Aladağlar)	3530
Soğanlı Dağ (Kaçkarlar)	3527
Medetsiz (Bolkarlar)	3524
Direktaş (Aladağlar)	3510
Orta Dağ (Aladağlar)	3500
Karataş (Kaçkarlar)	3495
Keşif (Bolkarlar)	3475
Cebelbaşı (Aladağlar)	3474
Liblin Tepe (Kaçkarlar)	3472
Karasay (Aladağlar)	3472
Güzeller (Aladağlar)	3461
Sıyırmalık (Aladağlar)	3426
Tearzin (Cilo - Sat)	3415
Lesser Demirkazık (Aladağlar)	3400
Tahtakaya (Bolkarlar)	3372
Didvake (Kaçkarlar)	3350
Büyük Dağ Tepe (Kaçkarlar)	3328
Sat Başı (Cilo - Sat)	3302
Altıparmak (Kaçkarlar)	3301
Marsis (Kaçkarlar)	3300
Kardal (Cilo - Sat)	3300
Kızlar Sivrisi (Beydağları)	3069
Mt. Nemrut	3050
Uludağ	2543