Cüce Keçi Çiftliği
The place
Cüce Keçi Çiftliği ("Dwarf Goat Farm") in Istanbul province, Sarıyer/Belgrad Forest sector (European side, Turkey), at 32 m elevation, Belgrad Forest north of Istanbul. Continuous Turkey cluster (batches 232-351). Tourist equestrian farm with miniature pygmy goats (urban agritourism trend in Istanbul, 16 M inhabitants, +15% green space program), located in the Belgrad Forest (5000 ha ancient forest, Belgrad oaks Quercus + oak-hornbeam stands along the Bosphorus, green lung of the Istanbul metropolis + historic Ottoman water reservoir, Kırkçeşme aqueduct 1560 Süleyman + forest camp for Boğaziçi Üniversitesi students, former Robert College missionary school, Peckham 1863), Ottoman-Turkish heritage + Byzantine-Latin history 1204 sack of Constantinople 4th Crusade Genoese Venetians 1200-1453.
The setting
Istanbul Sarıyer/Belgrad Forest European side Turkey 32 m forest N of Istanbul, continuous cluster batches 232-351, tourist farm pygmy goats agritourism 16 M inhabitants +15% green space, Belgrad Forest 5000 ha oaks/oak-hornbeam Bosphorus green lung + Kırkçeşme aqueduct 1560 Süleyman + Boğaziçi ex-Robert College Peckham 1863, Ottoman-Byzantine 1204 4th Crusade sack of Constantinople Genoese Venetians 1200-1453.
