Fatih Çeşmesi Nature Park | |
Alt Name: | Fatih Çeşmesi Tabiat Parkı |
Map: | Istanbul |
Label: | Fatih Çeşmesi NP |
Label Position: | left |
Location: | Eyüp, Istanbul Province, Turkey |
Coords: | 41.1689°N 28.945°W |
Area: | 29.5ha |
Established: | 2011 |
Governing Body: | Directorate-General of Nature Protection and National Parks Ministry of Environment and Forest |
Fatih Çeşmesi Nature Park (Turkish: Fatih Çeşmesi Tabiat Parkı) is a nature park located in Eyüp district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Fatih Çeşmesi Nature Park is situated inside the Belgrad Forest in Eyüp. It is about 6km (04miles) in distance west of Bahçeköy and east of Kemerburgaz. The area was declared a nature park by the Ministry of Environment and Forest in 2011, and is one of the nine nature parks inside the Belgrad Forest. The protected area is named, literally "Fountain of the Conqueror", in honor of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror (reigned 1444–1446 and 1451–1481). It covers an area of about 29.5ha.
The nature park has rich flora and fauna.