Fethi Paşa Korusu (''Fethi Pasha Grove'') is a large park in

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

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, on the hillside coming right down to the

Bosphorus The Bosporus or Bosphorus Strait ( ; , colloquially ) is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul, Turkey. The Bosporus connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and forms one of the continental bo ...

shore in the area called

Paşalimanı Paşalimanı Island (), formerly Halone (), is an List of islands of Turkey, island in the southern Sea of Marmara in Turkey. The island is the fifth largest island of Turkey () and administratively belongs to the Erdek town of Balikesir Province ...

. It is located between

Kuzguncuk Kuzguncuk is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Üsküdar, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 4,151 (2022). It is on the Asian side of the Bosphorus. The neighborhood is centered on a valley opening to the Bosphorus and i ...

and

Sultantepe The ancient temple-complex, perhaps of Huzirina, now represented by the tell of Sultantepe, is a Late Assyrian archeological site at the edge of the Neo-Assyrian empire, now in Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Sultantepe is about south of Urfa o ...

neighborhoods in district

Üsküdar Üsküdar () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 35 km2, and its population is 524,452 (2022). It is a large and densely populated district on the Anatolian (Asian) shore of the Bosphorus. It is border ...

on the Asian side of

. 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 The Bosphorus Bridge (), known officially as the 15 July Martyrs Bridge () and colloquially as the First Bridge (), is the oldest and southernmost of the three suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus strait (Turkish: ''Boğaziçi'') in Ist ...

and the European side of

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* Parks in Istanbul Bosphorus Üsküdar {{Turkey-geo-stub