[1] Fatih Sultan Mehmet Nature Park is situated southwest of Sarıyer and southeast of Belgrad Forest.
The protected area is named in honor of Ottoman sultan Mehmed the Conqueror (reigned 1444–1446, 1451–1481), who conquered Istanbul in 1453.
These are Kasnak oak (Quercus vulcanica), Turkey oak (Quercus cerris), common hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa), oriental plane (Platanus orientalis), common ash (Fraxinus excelsior), blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), black pine (Pinus nigra), black pine (Pinus nigra), blackbeery (Rubus), spineless butcher's-broom (Ruscus hypoglossum), giant heather (Erica arborea), Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica), laurestine (AViburnum tinus), Australian laurel (Pittosporum tobira) and European ivy (Hedera helix).
[1] The nature park is habitat for the wild life observed in the Belgrad Forest due to its location.
The animals of the park are the mammals wild boar, grey wolf, jackal, fox, squirrel, mole and the bird species passer, finch, woodpecker and magpie.