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Arboretum Island

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Area
  
32 ha (79 acres)

Operated by
  
TEMA Foundation

Created
  
2002

Operator
  
TEMA Foundation

Arboretum Island

Location
  
Ümraniye, Istanbul Province, Turkey

Arboretum Island (Turkish: Arboretum Adası), aka Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanical Garden (Turkish: Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi), is an arboretum located in Ümraniye district Istanbul Province, Turkey.

Opened in 2002 to the public, it was named in honor of Nezhat Gökyiğit, spoude of Turkish businessman Nihat Gökyiğit. It contains about 50,000 plants in an area covering 32 ha (79 acres).

References

Arboretum Island Wikipedia