The number of award winning beaches in Turkey is 531

Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy stated that Turkey maintained its top spot in the Blue Flag, one of the world's most distinguished tourism and environmental awards, in 2022, and increased the number of award-winning beaches this year.

Culture and Tourism Minister Ersoy reminded that in 2023, they aim to be the world's first among the countries that implement the international Blue Flag in the number of beaches.

This year, 24 marinas and 15 tourism boats and 5 individual yachts were awarded the Blue Flag in Turkey.

• Inciralti Public Beach, located on Lake Iznik in Bursa, was awarded the Blue Flag for the first time this year.
• In Antalya, Lara 1 and Lara 2 Public Beaches of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Manavgat, Beldibi and Camyuva Public Beaches belonging to the Ministry were among the beaches that were awarded the Blue Flag this year.
• The Ministry of Culture and Tourism İcmeler Public Beach in Marmaris district of Muğla was one of the beaches where the Blue Flag will fly this year.

As a result of the 2022 evaluations of the Blue Flag awards given by the International Environmental Education Foundation (FEE), whose center is Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, the number of awarded beaches, which was 519 last year, reached 531 this year.