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The largest forest near Istanbul, the Belgrade Forest is a vast expanse of mixed deciduous woodland spreading across the hills north of the city, a green lung and a much-loved escape from the noise and crowds of the metropolis. Covering several thousand hectares mainly in the Sariyer and Eyupsultan districts on the European side, it takes its name from a village settled by Serbs deported from Belgrade after the Ottoman conquest of that city in 1521. For centuries the forest played a vital role i...