Designs that were rich in planta land architectural elements were used in the gardens of civilian residences like manor, mansion and seaside residences as well as royalty structures such as palaces and pavilions in Istanbul in the Ottoman period. Unfortunately most of the gardens civilian residences having high a esthetic value could not be protected. Gardens of those civilian residences are significant in terms of showing the tastes of their designers and the understanding of design in the civilian residence gardens of the period. One of these featured gardens of this type is the garden built in the early 20th century in the Fenerbahçe locality of Kadıköy district in Istanbul by Müşir Fuad Pasha, who witnessed all four of the Sultan Abdelaziz, Sultan Abdelhamid, Constitutional Monarchy and the Republic periods and was assigned various military and political duties during these four periods. The garden is mentioned as Fuat Pasha Garden. Fenerbahçe locality dating back to the ancient period lived it bright day during the reign of Abdelhamid II became a popular recreation area fort he public, and the inhabitants of this neighborhood including local people and foreigners lived in mansions with beautiful gardens. The garden of Fuad Pasha which was located in Fenerbahçe was imprinted on the memories with its design, construction process, and the events organized in it. Although the garden of Fuad Pasha could not be preserved until today, it was possible to identify the design features of the garden and the changes it went through during the historical process from the written sources providing information about the garden, from an oldp hotograph, from the garden plan shown on an oldmap, and from the narratives of old residents of the locality. For this reason, the garden of Fuad Pasha was selected as the subject of this study to bring a garden of a civilian residence dating back to the Ottoman period in Istanbul in to the literature.
