This single-bay fountain stands on Başar Sokak in the Osmaniye quarter of Akçakoca, Düzce, and is registered simply as Çeşme — the fountain. The Ankara board for the protection of cultural and natural property registered it on 12 June 1995, and the provincial directorate assigns it to the twentieth century.
A colonnette stands at either side of the front face, and each colonnette capital carries two tulip motifs. It has one basin.
The inscription on the pediment records the founder: a charitable endowment of Hacı Ahmed of İslahiye, son of the late Hacı Ahmed İskender, dated 1327 in the Hijri calendar.
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- Climate
- Across Düzce as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 3.8 °C in January to 22.5 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (101 mm) and lightest in July (47 mm). Long-term means for 1959-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
