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From biological devastation to botanic garden:
a new botanic garden on a motorway intersection in
Istanbul
Adil Güner, Director
Nezahat Gökyigit Botanik Bahcesi, Istanbul, Turkey
&
Margaret Johnson, Consultant.
Associate, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K.
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Nezahat Gökyigit Botanic Garden may be the first botanic garden on a
motorway intersection
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• Started by Nihat Gökyigit in 1995 as a memorial Park to his late wife
• Park was created on a piece of land made redundant by the construction of two major motorways from Europe to Asia
• Total area 50ha (125 acres) with currently one area being fully developed and landscaped
• In 1996, the Park represented a 17% increase of the green area in Istanbul
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Memorial Park officially opened to visitors on 5th May 2002
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In April 2003, the Park became a Botanic Garden
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Mission Statement
The mission of the Nezahat Gökyigit Botanic Garden is to explore, explain and conserve plants.
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Mission Statement ContextThe mission of the Nezahat Gökyigit Botanic Garden
is to provide a "green lung" in remembrance of Mrs Nezahat Gökyigit, for the people of Istanbul to relax in an aesthetic, horticultural, botanical and educational place with the emphasis on conservation:
• to stimulate public awarness of the importance and the value of plants on which all life depends.
• based on the rich plant life of Turkey, promote scientific and horticultural research and training.
• to provide a plant information centre through the development of documented collections.
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Mission Statement Context (cont.)
• to support the conservation of the earth's biodiversity through the protection and sustainable use of endemic, rare and endangered plants.
• to encourage research on economic and/or useful plants, to collate, preserve and disseminate information on the uses of plants.
• to identify and highlight plants which will tolerate arid conditions thereby contributing towards the global struggle against soil erosion and desertification.
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From biological devastation...
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... to a Botanic Garden
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Gazebo
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Rock Garden
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Pergola
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Bulb Frames
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Educationalschoolvisits
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Workshops
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International collaboration
Royal Botanic Garden, EdinburghRoyal Botanic Gardens, KewGöteborg Botanic Garden
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The Nezahat Gökyigit Botanic Garden is funded by the ANG Foundation under the umbrella of the TEMA Foundation.
Funding