--- id: 7fe35baf-0c6c-4129-a78c-79a848740467 title: List of Caves in Turkey abstract: "This document provides a list of caves located in Turkey, noting that the\ \ country contains approximately 40,000 caves primarily due to karstification in\ \ the Taurus Mountains. It details the organizations responsible for cave research\ \ and investigation, such as the Cavern Research Society and B\xDCMAK. The content\ \ includes a table of specific caves with their locations and lengths, distinguishing\ \ between show caves and those reserved for professional cavers." classification: primary: '551.5' secondary: - '338.24' - '913.32' udc_main_class: '5' tags: - caves - Turkey - speleology - karst - geology - tourism topics: - Earth Sciences - Geography - Tourism author: '' created_at: '2026-05-31T23:38:18.731195' updated_at: '2026-06-01T01:02:38.903720' sources: - type: url uri: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_caves_in_Turkey format: url_fetch udc_label: Paleontology version: '1' --- ## Card: List of Caves in Turkey This document provides a list of caves located in Turkey, noting that the country contains approximately 40,000 caves primarily due to karstification in the Taurus Mountains. It details the organizations responsible for cave research and investigation, such as the Cavern Research Society and BÜMAK. The content includes a table of specific caves with their locations and lengths, distinguishing between show caves and those reserved for professional cavers. ## Classification Primary: 551.5 | Secondary: 338.24, 913.32 | Tags: caves, Turkey, speleology, karst, geology, tourism | Topics: Earth Sciences, Geography, Tourism ## Content List of caves in Turkey - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 List 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Toggle the table of contents List of caves in Turkey 3 languages العربية Türkçe Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча Edit links Article Talk English Read Edit View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read Edit View history General What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is a list of some of the approximately 40,000 caves in Turkey , which provide an important tourist attraction for the country. There are such a high number due to karstification in the west and central Taurus Mountains . The Cavern Research Society (MAD) established in 1964 initially monitored and investigates these caves, a role which has been taken up by BÜMAK (Boğaziçi University Speleological Society) and Karst and Cavern Exploration Unit (under the MTA Geology Studies Department). 800 caves and caverns have been investigated thus far. List [ edit ] The following is an incomplete list of caves in Turkey. [ 1 ] Show caves are shown in bold . Show caves shoen in italic can be toured by appropriate equipped visitors and under guidance. Not specially indicated caves are reserved for professional cavers only. [ 2 ] Cave Location Length Buzluk Cave, Ağrı Ağrı Aşıklar Cave Antalya Altinbesik Cave Antalya, Akseki 5,481 m (17,982 ft) Beldibi Cave Antalya Bűyŭkdipsiz Cave Antalya Çimeniçi Cave Antalya Damlataş Cave Antalya, Alanya Derya Cave Antalya Dim Cave Antalya Fosforlu Cave, Alanya Antalya Geyikbayiri Cavern Antalya Gürleyik Cave, İbradi Antalya, İbradi İnilti Pazarı Yaylacık Caves Antalya 5,929 m (19,452 ft) Karain Cave Antalya, Döşemealtı Kocadǚden Cave Antalya Kocain Cave Antalya 633 m (2,077 ft) Korsaniar Cave Antalya Küçükdipsiz Cave Antalya Mahrumçali Cave Antalya Orçudǚdeni Cave Antalya Papazkayasi Cave Antalya Peynirdeligi Cave Antalya Tilkiler Cave Antalya, Manavgat 6,818 m (22,369 ft) Yalandünya Cave Antalya Yerköprü Cavern Antalya Zeytintaşı Cave Antalya Aslanli Cave Aydın Karaca Cave, Kuşadası Aydın, Kuşadası Yazören Cave Balıkesir, Savaştepe 3,554 m (11,660 ft) Baltalıın Cave Balıkesir [ 3 ] İnkaya Cave (Balıkesir) Balıkesir [ 3 ] Gürcüoluk Cave Bartın Kalkanlı Cave Bingöl İnsuyu Cave Burdur Ayvaini Cave Bursa, Ayvaköy 4,866 m (15,965 ft) Oylat Cave Bursa Kaklık Cave Denizli Keloğlan Cave Denizli Beyyayla Cave Eskişehir Cindi Cave Eskişehir Īnönü Cave Eskişehir Kara Cave Eskişehir Karakaya Cave Eskişehir Karamikini Cave Eskişehir Kőçekkiran Cave Eskişehir Manasır Pit Eskişehir Mayislar Cave Eskişehir Sarikaya Cave Eskişehir Kőçekkiran Cave Eskişehir Yelinüstü Cave Eskişehir Yelini Cave Eskişehir Buzluk Cave, Elazığ Elazığ Karaca Cave, Torul Gümüşhane, Torul Sariseki Cave Hatay Ayiini Cave Isparta Inönü Cave Isparta Kuz Cave Isparta Pınargözü Cave Isparta, Yenisarbademli 5,275 m (17,306 ft) Zindan Cave Isparta İkigöz Cave Istanbul, Çatalca 4,816 m (15,801 ft) Yarımburgaz Cave Istanbul, Başakşehir Inkaya Cave İzmir Kurudag Cave İzmir Mencilis Cave Karabük, Safranbolu 5,250 m (17,220 ft) Düdenağzı Cave' Karaman, Başyayla 2,528 m (8,294 ft) Gürlevik Cave, Taşkale Karaman, Taşkale Hislayik Cave Karaman İncesu Cave Karaman Ilgarini Cave Kastamonu Sarpunalinca Cave Kastamonu Kuyluç Cave Kastamonu Dupnisa Cave Kırklareli, Demirköy 3,150 m (10,330 ft) * Yenesu Cave Kırklareli * Balatini Cave Konya Bǖyǖkdǖden Cave Konya Derebucak Çamlık Caves Natural Monument Konya Körükini Cave Konya Pinarbasi Cave Konya Suluin Cave Konya Susuk Guvercinlik Cave Konya Tinaztepe Cave System Konya Caves of Frig Valley Kütahya Akhayat sinkhole Mersin Cehennem Cave Mersin Cennet Cave Mersin Çukurpinar Sinkhole Mersin, Anamur 3,350 m (10,990 ft) Dilek Cave Mersin Eshab-ı Kehf Cave, Tarsus Mersin, Tarsus Gilindire Cave Mersin Köşekbükü Cave Mersin Morca Cave Mersin, Anamur Narlikuyu Cave Mersin Peynirlikönü-EGMA Sinkhole Mersin, Anamur 3,118 m (10,230 ft) Yalan Dünya Cave Mersin Fosforlu Cave, Marmaris Muğla, Marmaris Nimara Cave Muğla Yerküpe Cave Muğla Kuzgun Sinkhole Niğde 3,187 m (10,456 ft) Inalti Cave Sinop Kunduz Cave Tokat Ballica Cave Tokat Çalköy Cave Trabzon Akarsu Village Cave Trabzon Çayırköy Cave Zonguldak, Çayırköy Cumayanı Cave Zonguldak, Çatalağzı Erçek Cave Zonguldak Gökgöl Cave Zonguldak 3,350 m (10,990 ft) Ilıksu Cave Zonguldak, Ilıksu İnağzı Cave Zonguldak Kızılelma Cave Zonguldak, Ayiçi 6,630 m (21,750 ft) Sofular Cave Zonguldak, Sofular See also [ edit ] List of caves Speleology References [ edit ] ^ "Cave Location in Turkey" . Oxford University Cave Club. 1964 . Retrieved 2015-06-23 . ^ "Türkiye'nin En Uzun Mağaraları" (in Turkish). Mağara Araştırma Derneği . Retrieved 2016-05-19 . ^ a b "8,000-year-old cave paintings found in Turkey's Balıkesir" . External links [ edit ] Show Caves of Turkey v t e Caves in Turkey , by region Aegean Aslanlı Cave İncirliin Cave İnkaya Cave Karaca Cave, Aydın Zeus Black Sea Ballıca Cave Cehennemağzı Caves Cumayanı Cave Çal Cave Çayırköy Cave Dağlı Kuylucu Cave Erçek Cave Gökgöl Cave Gürcüoluk Cave Ilgarini Cave Ilıksu Cave İnağzı Cave İnaltı Cave Kızılelma Cave Karaca Cave, Gümüşhane Mencilis Cave Sofular Cave Central Anatolia Balatini Cave Büyük Düden Sinkhole Derebucak Çamlık Caves Düdenağzı Cave Düdenyayla Sinkhole Körükini Cave Kuzgun Sinkhole Subatağı Sinkhole Tınaztepe Cave System Eastern Anatolia Buzluk Cave Marmara Ayvaini Cave Dupnisa Cave Oylat Cave Yarımburgaz Cave Yenesu Cave Baltalıın Cave İnkaya Cave (Balıkesir) Mediterranean Altınbeşik Cave Akhayat sinkhole Atlılar Sinkhole Cennet and Cehennem Çukurpınar Cave Damlataş Cave Egma Sinkhole Eshab-ı Kehf Cave Gilindire Cave İnilti Pazarı–Yaylacık Cave System İnsuyu Cave Kanlıdivane Karain Cave Kocain Cave Kuyukule Sinkhole Maraspoli Cave Nimara Cave Pınargözü Cave Sütlük Sinkhole Tilkiler Cave Zeytintaşı Cave Zindan Cave Turkey portal Category Authority control databases : National United States Israel Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_caves_in_Turkey&oldid=1323195380 " Categories : Caves of Turkey Lists of caves by country Lists of landforms of Turkey Hidden categories: CS1 Turkish-language sources (tr) Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata This page was last edited on 20 November 2025, at 07:33  (UTC) . Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. , a non-profit organization. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers Contact Wikipedia Legal & safety contacts Code of Conduct Developers Statistics Cookie statement Mobile view Search Search Toggle the table of contents List of caves in Turkey 3 languages Add topic ## Source - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_caves_in_Turkey