Chesma

Chesma (or Chesme, Cesme, from the Turkish Çeşme or Cheshme) may refer to:

• Cheshmeh, West Azerbaijan (also known as Cheshma), a village in Iran
• Chesma (mythology), a fountain-spirit or nymph in Turkish mythology
• Çeşme, a small town in Turkey
• Çeşme Bay, near Çeşme
• Battle of Chesma, fought in Çeşme Bay in 1770
• Four monuments built by Catherine the Great to commemorate this battle:
  • Chesme Church
  • Chesme Column, in Tsarskoye Selo (1778)
  • Chesma Obelisk, in Gatchina (1775)
  • Chesma Palace, in Saint Petersburg (1774–1777)
• Chesma (ship), name of several ships of the Imperial Russian Navy
• Chesma (rural locality), a rural locality (a selo) in Chesmensky District of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia