Fatih Çeşmesi Nature Park Explained

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.

Ecosystem

The nature park has rich flora and fauna.

FloraVegetation found in the nature park are hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa), sessile oak (Quercus petraea), Kasnak oak (Quercus vulcanica), nak Turkey oak (Quercus cerris), common ivy (Hedera helix), butcher's-broom (Ruscus aculeatus), blackberry (Rubus), (Smilax excelsa), cherry laurel (Laurocerasus officinalis), Chinese photinia (Photinia serratifolia), Syrian juniper (Juniperus drupacea) and catnip (Nepeta Cataria).
FaunaNearly 100 bird species and numerous mammals are observed in the Belgrad Forest. Some of the bird species are hawk, woodpecker, European goldfinch, magpie and passer. Among the mammals are deer, roe deer, wild boar and fox, and the reptile tortoise.

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