Advertised as being the largest zoo in Turkey this zoo covers at least a large amount of space. In slightly hilly and wooded surroundings lots of animals are kept. Compared to the zoo in my home town Amsterdam (The Netherlands) some animals definitely have much more space, some others are much worse off. Birds may suffer from overcrowding, and the way monkeys are kept leaves a lot to be wished for. But there being so much space I think in due course the well-being of animals will be taken better into account. In 2019 I found some things had improved, there was a large monkeys house almost finished and some other things too had improved.