Fethi Paşa Korusu (''Fethi Pasha Grove'') is a large park in
Istanbul
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,
Turkey
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, on the hillside coming right down to the
Bosphorus
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shore in the area called
Paşalimanı
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. It is located between
Kuzguncuk and
Sultantepe
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neighborhoods in district
Üsküdar
Üsküdar () is a large and densely populated district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the Anatolian shore of the Bosphorus. It is bordered to the north by Beykoz, to the east by Ümraniye, to the southeast by Ataşehir and to the south by Kadıköy; w ...
on the
Asian side of
Istanbul
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. It is named after
Ottoman governor, ambassador and minister
Fethi Ahmet Pasha.
Boğaz’ın oksijen kaynağı: Fethi Paşa Korusu
/ref> After long years of neglect, it has been recently renovated and opened to public for recreation. It has a scenic view of Bosphorus Bridge and the European side of Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
.
References
External links
Satellite View of Fethi Paşa Korusu
Parks in Istanbul
Bosphorus
Üsküdar
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