This document summarizes information about FYZOO, a private zoo located near Istanbul, Turkey. It exhibits over 250 animal species and 600 plant species. FYZOO aims to conserve biodiversity through ex-situ conservation and education programs. It hosts over 650,000 visitors annually who learn about nature through interactive seminars and guided tours. FYZOO plans to expand its land area and animal/plant collections between 2014-2019 by adding new regions like an Asian elephant area.

1. welcome to
27th March 2013

2. About FYZOO
• We are located in Darica (border town of Kocaeli city just near by of Istanbul ) which is a seashore
town with green lands and fine wheather. Park is about 8 hectars where an additional of 5 hectars will
be added for new areas (addition to Apes&Monkeys, addition to African Savannah, new Asian Region,
new Elephants Region) between 2014-2019.
• We exhibit around 250 animal species with a population of around 3.000 animals where over 180
species are endangered and over 60 are in CR-EN-VU-NT categories of IUCN. We host around 20
Anatolian endangered species. The number of animal species will be 280 species by the end of 2019.
• We host above 600 plant species with a population over 8.000. Within the park, more than 250 of
them are tree species and 70% of the collection is exotic. The plant collection includes medical plants
including production.
• We are the first and only private Zoo which is a full-member of EAZA over 14 years and we are the
most experienced zoo within this context in Turkey.
• We are keeping the biggest animal and plant collection within national zoos in Turkey.
• We have an animal hospital and one of the largest quarantine area in accordance with European
standards in Turkey.
• We are the only licenced zoo in Istanbul, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Duzce and Yalova cities (populates around
25 million people)
• We are also licenced as a Wild Animal Conservation Rehabilitation and Rescue Center of Marmara
Region by the Ministry of Forestry and Water.
• Number of visitors are growing each year (2009: 160.000, 2010 : 335.000, 2011 : 535.000, 2012 :
650.000, 2013 target 715.000, where we have a social responsibility of disabled, poor and special
segments of the society needs aid so we have around 250.000 visitors unpaid each year.

3. FYZOO missions
- Ex-situ conservation of animal and plant species
- Efforts to improve quality and management standards of National Zoos and Aquaria by cooperating with General
Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks
- Working on establishing a National/Eurasian Association of Zoological Gardens and Aquaria
- Collaborating with Governorship of Kocaeli, National Parks of Kocaeli, Metropolitan Municipality of Kocaeli, TEMA of
Kocaeli, Universities of Kocaeli, Istanbul, Thrace and Duzce, together with local people, scouts, hunters, for the in-situ
conservation development projects of Kocaeli region by analysis of regional biodiversity, management planning of
endangered regional animal and plat species, establishing a botanical garden and an arboretum with herbarium and
establishing re-introduction breeding stations for endangered wild animal species
- Cooperating with various foundations, associations and other establishments which are active in the field of nature
and environment conservation (TEMA, Doga Dernegi, TRAKUS, Hayrettin Karaca Vakfi, Turk Tabiatini Koruma Dernegi)
- Supporting international conservation projects through EAZA ( European Assosiation of Zoos and Aquaria)
- Collaborating with several Universities in scientific studies such as researches, thesis and case studies and
establishments like TUBITAK including in-vitro conservation projects when needed
- Educational activities to improve awareness and knowledge on Nature and Environment Conservation, Biological
Diversity, Conservation of Endangered Species and Botanics with interactive seminars and guided tour contents linked
with National Education Programme for all schools in Istanbul, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Duzce and Yalova with capacity of
upto 300.000 students per year (2011 and 2012 realised : 175.000 and 150.000 students/year)
- Collaborative events with Fine Arts Faculty of Kocaeli University and various individual artisits (ebru art, wood art,
painting, musical performances, theathers, etc.) on the basis of nature, animals and plants themes
- Carrying out social and cultural activities (painting, composition, photography, theater, wall painting, debates,
seminars, presentations, etc) with Cultural and Social Centers, Schools and Establishments under conservation,
education themes

4. FYZOO Education Department
- FYZOO Education Department consists of an education manager, 2 education officers and 4-12 guides.
- Every year, education department signatures protocol with five different cities’ directorate of national
education(İstanbul, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Duzce and Yalova). So that schools can visit to our zoo without any
problems.
- In accordance with protocol, we prepare interactive education seminars about Protecting Naturel Life,
Biodiversity, Conservation of Endangered Species and Botanics at five different age categories.
We tell importance of natural life and conserving her to the students. Than, they visit to our zoo with guides.
Generally, training content includes to love of nature, protection of evironment, human effects of
evironmental pollution , extincting animal , how living things are affected by pollution , the importance of
water and naturel life-cycle .
- In 2010, 140.000 students visited to our zoo. In 2011, 175.000 and in 2012, 150.000.
- Annual zoo members is our responsibility where we have over 7.800 members (members pay %10 less than 2
invidual entrance fees for the whole year), creates over 4% of total turnover.

5. FYZOO Education Department
- This year, we have created new education activities for students.
● Firstly, students are both informed and entertained orienteering games. We created some questions
about animals and botanics than gave each questions to different students and they tried to find answers of
the questions in the zoo.
● Another education activity is discovering insects within the park. While students were visiting to zoo
within biologist, dug the soil in certain areas and tried to find bugs. Than biologist give some informations
about soil, insect and botanic to students.
-This year, we added new educations seminar for disabled students. That seminar is about living things around us.
We were teached interesting information about how can we give the seminar to disable students.
-When schools’ groups visited to our zoo, they were taking seminar about applied botanics. Than groups visited in
botanical tours within guide. Students could learn how do they grow plants. They prepare soil, put seeds and water
them and ventilate the soil guided by our gardeners.
-The information boards are put in front of the cages and plants for having information about animals and plants,
so the visitors both can find their directions and read a lot of small informations about nature with prepared
routing boards.

6. FYZOO Education Department
- We organize competitions with different directorate of national education on different age categories for
creating awareness on topic as evironmental protection, love of nature and extincting animals…etc.
- In hobby park which we have created in children zoo in FYZOO, we prepare interesting funny activity as
figuring, painting, sand painting, T-shirt painting, the art of marbling, face painting… etc.
- During this year, we organized instructive and educative activities with directorate of national education, the
ministry of forest and water and TEMA… etc. For example, in last forest week, 6000 students visited to our zoo
by free and we gave a tree to each students. Than there was a theatre show for students about forest week.

7. FYZOO Sales Areas Management Department
- We have 2 stores, a large playground, and 3 cafeterias, 2 kiosks all run by us.
- Winter period staff : 12, season period staff : 38.
- Customer Satisfaction is our first priority so we are generous about size but prices is compatible with state
school cantinas in cafeterias. Packed items are same priced in markets. Our stores is also nearly 10% cheaper
than GrossMarket Chains. Hygen is our other top priority in the park.

8. FYZOO Sales Areas Management Department
- We have more than 410 SKUs in our stores where over 10% is by our own brand (cups, thermos cups, hats, T-
shirts and raincoats, keyrings, postcards, umbrellas and magnets). We sell also 21 animal and plant related
books written by our founder Faruk Yalcin. Stores are making 4% of total turnover. Average sales is 6,5
TL/receipt.
- We have more than 281 SKUs in our cafeterias including breakfast items. (total capacity 550 persons).
Cafeterias are making 12% of total turnover. Average sales is 6 TL/receipt.
- Our playground is around 3.000 m2 have 8 units which tokens are used (electrical safari cars, electrical
bumping cars, butterfly, pony trips, boat trip, adventure land, synthetic ice skating, electrical minibus trip ). 5D
cinema and bouncing ball will be added with token sales next year. Playground is making 6% of total turnover.
- Kiosks are making 4% of total turnover. Average sales is 2,5 TL/receipt.
• We have got 2 popcorn-beverage-tea-ice cream kiosk type sales points.
• We sell 110 SKUs.
- Responsibility of cleaning restroom areas (10 where 3 are for disabled), 3 guesthouses, cleaning of the office
area and cleaning all of the outside viewing windows in the animal enclosures are belong to this department.
- We are applying daily customer satisfaction surveys (both from schools and from individual visitors) besides
internet (web site and facebook/twitter pages), satisfaction level is more than 97%.

9. FYZOO 2010-2011 New Regions & New Species
- Lynxes - Fallow Deer Region - 3 Education Centers
- Red Foxes -Tortoise Region - Synthetic Ice Skating
- Wolves -North Tropic Region - New Administrative Building
- Corsac Foxes -Australian Region - Prayhouse, Infirmary, Baby Care
- Porcupines -South American Region B Rooms
- Racoons -Madagascar Region - Camera System
- Bears -New Aquarium Exhibit - Announcement System
- Pony Horses -African Savannah Region - New Management Software
- Lama Lamas -Koatis - New Entrance Area
- Goats, Sheeps -Parrots, Cockatoos, Lories - New Shop
- Pumas -Africa 2 Region - Cafeterias-Shops-Play Ground
- -Central kitchen area Improvements
Jaguars
- Penguins -Yellow mongoses
- Alligators -South American Region A
- Gibbons -South Tropic Region
- Small Clawned Otters -Quarantine Region
- Suricatas -Hatchery Region
- Praire Dogs

10. FYZOO 2011-2012 New Regions & New Species
- Massai Giraffe (EEP) - Jenday and Sun Parakeet
- Partner for Grant’s Zebra - Partner for Griffon Vulture (ESB)
- Nyala (ESB) - Partner for Rhinoceros Hornbill (ESB)
- Sitatunga (ESB) - Kookaburra
- Red Kangaroo (ESB) - Additional Scarlet Ibis
- Red Necked Wallaby - Additional Northern Bald Ibis (EEP)
- Parma Wallaby - Partners for Black Storks (ESB)
- Partner for Puma - Golden Jackal
- Partner for Fallow Deer - South American Tapir (EEP)
- Partnerfor Military Macaw (ESB) - Mara
- Partner for Nandu - Ring-tailed Coati
- Partner for Lynx (ESB) - Capybara
- Partners for Asian Small Clawed - Suricata
Otters - Prairie Dog
- Partner for Jaguar (ESB) - Black lemur (EEP)
- Partners for Llamas - Red ruffed lemur (EEP)
- Pygmy Hippopotamus (EEP) - Black-white ruffed lemur (EEP)
- Silvery-cheeked hornbill - 5 New Anatolian and tropical Fish
- Cattle Egret Species
- African Marabou (ESB) - 5 Species of Butterflies
- Hamerkop (ESB) - 12 Species of Finches
- Chinese Muntjac - Diamond-backed turtles
- Partners for Currasows * : expected in 2013

11. FYZOO 2012-2013 New Regions & New Species
: already arrived
- Common (white-eared) Marmoset
- Partner for Vasa Parrot - Cotton-top Tamarin (EEP)
- Squirrel Monkey (EEP)
- Partner for Inca Cockatoo
- Silvery Marmoset
- Partner for Moluccan Cockatoo (EEP) - Goeldii’s marmoset
- Partner for Scarlet Maccaw - Partners for Golden lion-headed marmoset
- Partner for Mexican Millitary Maccaw (ESB) - Azara’s Agouti
- Partner for East African (gray) Crowned Crane - Hairy Armadillo
- Partner for Golden Eagle
- Partner for Chinese Muntjac
- Partner for European Black Vulture (EEP)
- Partner for White Pelicans -- Partner for Sparrow Hawk
- Partner for African Spoonbills -- Partner for Black Vulture
- Great Cormorant - Partner for Egyptian Vulture (EEP)
- Anatolian Wild Duck species - 1st Enlargement of African Savannah Exhibit
- New South America A Exhibit
- Red-crowned Crane (EEP)
- New exhibits for Emu
- Abdim Stork - New exhibits for Cranes
- Yellow billed Stork (ESB) - Exhibit enlargement for Anatolian Bear
- Saddle billed Strork (ESB) - Exhibit enlargement for Black Swan and Kookaburra
- Pygmy Hippo (Male, EEP) -Exhibit enlargements for three Flamingo Species
-New Play-Ground Area
- South American Tapir (Female, EEP)
- Additional Cafeteria and Rest Area
- White cheeked gibbon
- Brown Capuchin Monkey

12. 2014-2019 New Regions and the New Species
Park will be enlarged from 8 hectars to 13 hectars
( First Phase : 30 hectars New Asian Region and New Reptiles House)
-Indian Rhinos (EEP), Axis Deers, Nilgais
-Cheetahs (EEP)
-Young Amur Tigers (EEP) (possibly in 2013)
- Dholes (ESB)
-Striped Hyenas (ESB)
-Monitors, Boa Snakes, Yellow Anacondas, Salamanders
-White faced Saki Monkeys (ESB)
-Ocelots
-Caracals (ESB) (in 2013)
( Second Phase : 10 hectars New Monkeys and Apes Region and 2nd Enlargement of African Savannah)
-Orangutans (EEP) , Mandrill (EEP)
( Third Phase : 10 hectars New Asian Elephants Region )
-Asian Elephants (EEP)
-Two New Additional Cafeterias and Rest Areas
-Renovation of Existing Monkeys Region
-Renovations of Puma, Lion, Amur Tiger, Caracal, Penguin Exhibits
-Renovation of Reptile House, Aquarium and South Tropic Region

13. Importance of Anatolia
Turkey is one of the few countries in the world, having a rich diversity of flora and fauna
located in three different climate zone with three different vegetation geography (Euro-
Sibirian, Meditteranean, Iran-Turan). Due to climatologic and geological changes, Anatolia had
been a protected shelter for many species. It has also been a genetic center especially for sub
species and sub-sub species, as it has been a corridor between continents.
26% of the country covered by forests and 93% of them are natural forests. Turkey is a
highland country with an average height around 1.300 meters. Mountains along North and
South Anatolia are divided by stream river valleys. Intensive diversity of flora and fauna with
various microclimates can be observed due to climatologic and geomorphologic structure.
Turkey has 25% of all endemic plants in the World. Nearly 30% of agri-plants in the World are
originally spread from this land. Today, Anatolia has around 12.000 plant species where 3.500
of them (35%) are endemic. 9,000 of them are phanerograms and ferns. 600 of them are
ligneous where 80 are endemic. Around 800 are geofit plants.
Those numbers are very close to the total numbers of species in the whole European
continent, showing the importance of Anatolia to the World for conserving its biodiversity and
plant and animal diversity. As approved by a lot of researchers, Anatolia has been a paradies
of rich subspecies.

14. Importance of Anatolia
Ethnobotanical studies reveal regions of the world's oldest plant domestication around BC 7.000,
in Catalhoyuk, Can Hasan, Hacıiar, Mersin and Cayonu.
Anatolian flora is covered by cultivated wild relatives of important agricultural plant species and
genetic diversity of this species.(wheat, chickpeas, lentils, apples, pears, apricots, chestnuts,
pistachios). One can say 30% of all field crops originated from Anatolia.
In the forest ecosystem in our country has 20 species of wild fruit trees, more than 10 species of
vegetable, 14 species of medicinal plant, 5 species of forage plant, 17 ornamental plants.
Anatolia host about 800 geofit plants (bulbous, tuberous, rhizome). Our country is the center of
origin of more than 30 fruit species. Species of cherry, apricot, almond and fig fatherland is
Anatolia, in addition to tulips, orchids, crocuses and snowdrops.
Anatolia host about 19.000 invertebrate species (4000 of them are endemic) and about 1500
vertebrate species which has a nearly the diversity of species in the whole European continent.
At the bottom of the world's most important migration routes in our country host 460 resident and
migratory bird species. All the European continent has 560 species. In addition, approximately, in
our country 480 marine fish species, 236 freshwater fish species (70 endemic), 141 reptiles (16
endemic) and 202 mammals (37 percent endemic) and 37 amphibians that are specified.
Currently, 12% of birds, %22 of mammals, 28% of reptiles, %30 of amphibians, %37 of invertebrates
and 70% of the plants are under threat of extinction.

15. Importance of Kocaeli
As Kocaeli is the neighbour of Istanbul and because of increasing urbanisation and heavy industrialisation, threats
to shrinkage of biodiversity, habitats and nature need critical attention. Kocaeli is on the migration way of birds,
conservation of nature (forest lands, the Gulf, Sapanca lake, etc) needs to be planned and actions should be
taken. As predators are in the highest level of food cycle in ecosystems, they are critically important for the cycle.
Wolves, Lynxs, Bears should be conserved within their habitats due to this reason. Herbivores like Roe deers, Red
deers, Fallow Deers should also be conserved as their population is critically decreased in the region. Population
increase in Herbivores will also improve the population of Carnivores and supports Kocaeli in hunting tourism by
controlled hunting seasons.
Kocaeli with 3.505 km2 of land, its mountains cover 18,8 % of its land. Samanli Mountains are in the West-East
direction with 130 kms long and 30 kms wide. 6,6% are wetlands (lake, the Gulf area and creeks and their
wetland surroundings. Platos covers 74,6 % of the land and are generally erosed plains cut by many valleys
caused by many small creeks. From North to South, Euro-Sibirian (Blacksea) vegetation starts to meet
Mediterranean and/or Dry land (Iran-Touran) vegetations. Lands between Samanlı Mountains in the South and
Black Sea Shores arew covered by dense and humid forests.
42,1 % of Kocaeli land is forestry area where 93,3 % of them are natural forests. 36% is agricultural land, 3,4% is
grassland and hayfield. In parallel to its wide natural and forestry lands, Kocaeli, with its more than 1,5 million
human population, is the second largest GNP producer of the country by its huge industry, banking and research
and development bases. Kocaeli is one of the very rare examples where high level of industrialisation meets with
a high level of natural lands.
Kocaeli currently owns six Natural Parks and new seven parks will be coming.

16. Darıca : We invite you to take a deep breath
Darica town is on the border of Istanbul and Kocaeli cites ,waiting for you with 16 kms long seashore,
green parks, beaches, clean sky and a variety of facilities of accomodation, sports and culture.
Just located 40 kms from Istanbul city center, reached by two motor-highways, by railway and by sea.

17. Darıca : We invite you to take a deep breath
You can spend a nice spare time with your family in Darica. Sancaktepe Park received two awards for
landscape design.
Dudayev Park offers 20 hectars green area near the seashore with recreational and amusement facilities
next to the green.
Sea Love Park, located at a hill, is famous for its sun-set with a nice sea view

18. Darıca : We invite you to take a deep breath
Bayramoglu Marina is under construction for domestic and foreign yatching where new tourism-
accommodation investments are being made. Bayramoglu is also famous with over 5.000 large plane trees.