Lake Balik

The lake Balik is Turkey's most elevated height crisp water lake, which is situated in the north-east of the Taslicay village in A?r? Province. The lake is 2,250 meters upper, from sea level.

It is an important tourist attraction, which was neglected for a long time due to some security reasons and also it is important for both; summer and winter season tourism. In summers, people visit here for boat trips while in winters, people enjoy ice skating as it completely freezes in winters.

The water of the lake is rich with the species of fishes, whereas the trout are most popular species in this lake. Area of the lake also has unique species of birds like seagulls, swans, cormorants and velvet duck.

It is d as one of the hundred bird species protected area and this is also available there since last 30 years to serve meals to the visitors.