Čukur Fountain incident

The Čukur Fountain incident (Serbian: Инцидент на Чукур-чесми/Incident na Čukur-česmi) refers to a series of events in June 1862 in Belgrade, at the time the capital of the Ottoman subject state of Serbia.

In the wake of the incident, a Great Power brokered conference was held in Constantinople which resulted in a reduction of Turkish citizens and troops on Serbian soil.

[2] It was a hot summer day and many people were drinking water from a well including a young apprentice named Sava Petković, Turkish nizame (soldiers) and others.

[3] The commander of the Serbian guard, Ivko Prokić, tried to remove the Turks from the scene but more shots were fired and the incident escalated into a citywide conflict which lasted the entire night.

The attack began 9 o'clock, the time when two Serb victims of the past incident had a ceremonial funeral, lasted until the afternoon and did a great deal of material damage.

During July of the same year, in Kanlıca, near Constantinople, the negotiations about the independence of Serbia started, with the participation of France, England, Russia and Austria.

[11] Simina Street, near Čukur Fountain, is named after Sima Nešić, the young interpreter who died while trying to mediate between the Serbs and Turks during this incident.