Büyük Göksu Deresi
Büyük Göksu Deresi
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Lonely Planet review for Büyük Göksu Deresi
Next to the Kıbrıslı Yalı are the Büyük Göksu Deresi and Küçük Göksu Deresi (Small Heavenly Stream), two brooks that descend from the Asian hills into the Bosphorus. Between them is a fertile delta, grassy and shady, which the Ottoman elite thought perfect for picnics. Foreign residents, referred to the place as 'The Sweet Waters of Asia'.
If the weather was good, the sultan joined the picnic, and did so in style. Sultan Abdül Mecit's answer to a simple picnic blanket was the wedding cake-like Küçüksu Kasrı.
