Botan Valley National Park
Botan Valley is a historical area with national park status within the borders of Siirt province of Turkey. Botan is a tributary of the Tigris River. It also refers to a historical region covering the Şırnak region. It covers Şırnak, Siirt, East of Mardin and Batman Region. It takes its name from the Botan Principality in the past. Xenophon, a student of Socrates, mentioned the river a lot in his work Anabasis, which he wrote in 400 BC. Most of them are within the borders of Siirt. Located in the center, Tillo and Eruh districts, Botan Valley consists of 120 thousand decares and 29 kilometers of route and is also suitable for sports such as paragliding and rafting.
