Sultan Mahmut Fountain ( tr, Sultan Mahmut Çeşmesi) is a historical public fountain in

İstanbul 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, ...

, Turkey. The fountain is located in Kireçburnu neighborhood of

Sarıyer Sarıyer () is the northernmost district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European side of the city. It consists of the neighbourhoods of Rumelifeneri, Tarabya, Yeniköy, İstinye, Emirgan and Rumelihisarı. Sarıyer also administers the Black Sea c ...

secondary municipality by

Bosphorous The Bosporus Strait (; grc, Βόσπορος ; tr, İstanbul Boğazı 'Istanbul strait', colloquially ''Boğaz'') or Bosphorus Strait is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul in northwestern Tu ...

at . It was commissioned by

Ottoman sultan The sultans of the Ottoman Empire ( tr, Osmanlı padişahları), who were all members of the Ottoman dynasty (House of Osman), ruled over the transcontinental empire from its perceived inception in 1299 to its dissolution in 1922. At its hei ...

Mahmut II Mahmud II ( ota, محمود ثانى, Maḥmûd-u s̠ânî, tr, II. Mahmud; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839. His reign is recognized for the extensive administrative, ...

(reigned 1808–1839) in 1814. Its ornamental slab as well as the inscription is made of marble. The inscription includes a

tughra A tughra ( ota, طغرا, ṭuġrā) is a calligraphic monogram, seal or signature of a sultan that was affixed to all official documents and correspondence. Inspired by the tamgha, it was also carved on his seal and stamped on the coins minted du ...

of the sultan. The inscription was written by

Yesarizade Mustafa Izzet Efendi Yesarizade Mustafa Izzet Efendi (Modern Turkish: ''Yesârîzâde Mustafa Izzet Efendi'') (d. 1849) was an Ottoman calligrapher. Life and work Yesarizade Mustafa Izzet Efendi's date of birth is not known, but is assumed to be in the 1770s. He wa ...

.Yeniköy Sports Club page
/ref> Presently, the fountain is out of use.

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{{Ottoman architecture Buildings and structures completed in 1814 Ottoman architecture in Istanbul Fountains in Istanbul Sarıyer 19th-century architecture in Turkey