Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
The site lies south of the town of Türkoðlu in the Saðlýk plain, and comprises a complex of fields and small reedbeds (
Phragmites) inundated during the winter but largely dry and cultivated during the summer. The area is fed by springs and streams. Rice-fields adjoin the lake to the north-east; a railway and motorway pass to the west.
Prior to drainage the site held enormous numbers of passage waterbirds.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
As part of its Ceyhan Menzelet scheme, DSÝ plans to complete the land-claim and irrigation of the Saðlýk plain, including this IBA. Gavur lake, although largely claimed, could be restored if excluded from the proposed scheme.
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gavur Lake (Türkiye). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gavur-lake-iba-türkiye on 24/11/2024.
