Türkiye’s biggest city park opens to visitors in Istanbul

Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport City Park, the world’s fifth-largest and the country’s biggest park, opened its doors Thursday for visitors to walk among its 145,300 newly planted trees on 13,000 meters (42,650 feet) of pavement.

Spanning an area of approximately 2 million square meters, Istanbul’s most extensive public park on the former aviation hub Atatürk Airport offers a way to escape from the city’s crowds, traffic and noise.