Ankara
Lake Tuz (Tuz Gölü, “Salt Lake”) is in Central Anatolia, about 150 km south of Ankara. Its shores lie in Ankara, Konya and Aksaray provinces. It is the second-largest lake in Türkiye after Lake Van and lies 905 m above sea level. The average depth is under half a metre.
In summer most of the water evaporates and leaves a salt layer about 30 cm thick; salt is extracted from the lake. In winter and spring shallow water covers the lakebed again. Greater flamingos breed on islands in the southern part of the lake, in colonies of 5,000–6,000 nests. The lake and its surroundings have been a Special Environmental Protection Area since 2000 and on UNESCO's Tentative List since 2013.
Most visitors stop on the Ankara–Aksaray road (D750) in Şereflikoçhisar district. From the roadside facilities you walk onto the salt. The ground is flat, but there are patches of soft mud beyond the firm crust. Visitors usually wade in barefoot.