Lake Düden plan of Kulu municipality to build roads to and around the lake, and to afforest the lake's surrounding would be a threat for the breeding birds. Another important issue is the poaching. In 2010, the district administration undertook measures to save the lake by builing a waste water treatment facility and preventing unlawful water usage from the creek. Lake Düden Lake Düden, also known as Lake Kulu, ( or "Kulu Gölü"), is a brackish water lake in Konya Province, Turkey. Lake Düden is located northwest of Lake Tuz and east of Kulu town in Konya Province at an elevation of
Wildlife of Turkey winters. Salt steppes and lakes are found here, as well salt-free grassland areas, marshes and freshwater systems. Immediately around the large Lake Tuz and other saline areas, saltmarsh plants grow, and beyond this is a sharp divide, with the flora being dominated by members of the families Chenopodiaceae and Plumbaginaceae. The mountainous eastern half of the country is separated floristically from the rest of the country by the Anatolian diagonal, a floral break that crosses the country from the eastern end of the Black Sea to the northeastern corner of the Mediterranean Sea. Many species found to the east of