This attractive part of the Bosphorus on the Asian shore is mentioned by Byzantine historians, and in Ottoman times became one of the imperial parks known as Kandil Bahcesi (Lantern Garden). Sultan Murad IV (1623-1640) was particularly fond of Kucuksu and gave it the name Gumus Selvi (Silver Cypress), and in several sources from the 17th century onwards the name Bagce-i Goksu is used.During the reign of Mahmud I (1730-1754) Divittar Mehmed Pasa built a two storey timber pala
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