Caves in Turkey

AYVAINI CAVE
Ayvaini is located at the vicinity of Ayva Village (Bursa). It is an active river cave. It is possible to enter the cave from Doganalan entrance with -17 km descend and exit from another point which is at 1 km southwest. of Ayva Village. The cave includes many lakes, in spite of increasing water it can be accessed even at spring time.

INCESU CAVE
Incesu cave system is situated at 7 km. south of Taskale, 45 km. from Karaman province in southeast direction. The site is accessible by all means of transportation facilities. The system is formed by two continuous separate caves. The horizontally extending caves are rich with stalactive and stalagmite formations. One can follow an underground river in wet seasons from Incesu cave (1356 m.) to Asarini cave (750 m.), despite some blockage by fallen blocks.
SARPUNALINCA CAVE
The cave is situated in Sarpunalinca quarter of Senlik Village of Devrekani near Küre District of Kastamonu Province. It is reached through Küre - Sarpunalinca forest road.
DUPNISA CAVE SYSTEM
The cave is located at 5-6 km SW of Sarpdere Village of Demirköy, Kirklareli, accessible only by a fourweel drive or tractor.
With a length is 3200 m, the cave has three entrances. The first 1000 m. from the entrance is active. Encompassing the source for the Rezve River which serves as the border betweenTurkey and Bulgaria. One of the entrances is Dupnisa Dolin. The second is a dry cave with two passages. One of them is 363m and the other one is 456m. The third entrance is called Kiz Cave and begins with a slope of 60 degrees. The side branches of the cave is fossil and the main system is active. In the cave there is a 150×160 m hole.
PINARGÖZÜ CAVE
It is situated at the 11 km. west of the Yenisarbademli town of Isparta. It can be reached through Yenisarbademli or Egirdir - Yenice.
It is now the longest cave in Turkey with its length of 12 km. which was reached in 1991. It is one of the most important caves in the world, with its height over 60 m. It has active passages and cascades. Water temperature is extremely low (+4 -5 C).
HISLAYIK CAVE
Hislayik Cave is in Ayranci town of Karaman, traversed by an underground river with a 26m pit, which divides the cave in two. Each passage start with a siphon and continues with siphons. The exploration of this cave continues. Total length of the cave is 260 m.
The cave drains water accumulated in Sarpunalinca district. It is totally horizontal with a length of 662 m. An underground stream passes through the cave along a joint plane. It has a nice camp site near th entrance.
TINAZTEPE CAVE
Reachable cave from Konya-Beysehir-Seydisehir through the Mortas Aluminium Company.
The total length is 1650 m and depth is 65 m and is located south-west slope of Tinaztepe. The cave two parts fossil, and active. In spring the fossil is only passable by boat via five lakes. In autumn, the level of water decreases so that the same gallery can be passed by foot. After the last lake, the cave reaches the Great Hall with a descend of 30 m.
Tinaztepe sinkhole is located beneath the Tinaztepe Cave. The total length is 1,550 m, depth 150 m. The water falls down to düden during the year. With a vertical pits of 20 m one can enter the cave from the side of the waterfall.
BÜYÜK DÜDEN CAVE
In the Derebucak district of Konya Province, it is 18 km in the direction of Ibradi from Derebucak after Konya-Beysehir-Derebucak road, and it is situated at the west side of the Kembos Plain.
Kembos Plain with a width of 1 km and a length of 15 km drains the water from melting snow in the spring and especially the water accumulated here via Uzunsu Creek by means of Feyzullah sinkhole, another chasm. Water sinking from these points is added to Manavgat Creek by passing through Altinbesik Düdensuyu Cave. Although the cave does not have a touristic importance, it is important from the speleological aspect. There exists numerous lakes, big halls and siphons in this sinkhole which is 714 m long.
FEYZULLAH DÜDENI (SINKHOLE)
That sinkhole is very close to Derebucak Village of Beysehir Town. That active sinkhole drained Gembos Polje at spring seasons.