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It is located in the part of Istanbul known as the historical peninsula, connected to Karaköy (historic Galata) via the Galata Bridge across the Golden Horn. It was administered as part of the Sultanahmet district from 1928 to 2009 when Sultanahmet was absorbed into Fatih .
Istanbul’s coffee culture emerged in the 16th century, when coffee houses, or kıraathanes, started to open across the city. ... Momen Faiz / NurPhoto / Getty Images. Hafiz Mustafa in Istanbul ...
Map of Istanbul's Historic Peninsula (lower left), showing the location of the Golden Horn and Sarayburnu (Seraglio Point) in relation to Bosphorus strait, as well as historically significant sites (black), and various notable neighborhoods An aerial view of Galata (foreground), the Historic Peninsula (background), and the new Galata Bridge, which straddles the Golden Horn and, connects its ...
Turkey is primarily a country of two peninsulas: the Asiatic (southeastern) side is Anatolia, and the European (northwestern) side is Thrace on the Balkan Peninsula. On these two main peninsulas there are secondary peninsulas. [1] [2] [3]
The Peninsula Bangkok: 370 Bangkok Thailand: 1998 [12] The Peninsula Chicago: 339 Chicago United States: 2001 [13] [14] The Peninsula Tokyo: 314 Tokyo Japan: 2007 [15] The Peninsula Shanghai: 235 Shanghai China: 2009 [16] The Peninsula Paris: 200 Paris France: 2014 [17] The Peninsula Istanbul 177 Istanbul Turkey: 2023 [18] The Peninsula London ...
Air pollution in Turkey, such as fine dust from traffic, is a serious problem in Istanbul. [1] [2] Although the historic peninsula was partially pedestrianised in the early 21st century, [3] a 2015 study found that this is the part of the city which would benefit most from a low emission zone. [4]
Beyoğlu (Turkish: [ˈbejoːɫu]; Ottoman Turkish: بكاوغلی) is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 9 km 2, [3] and its population is 225,920 (2022). [1] It is on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, separated from the old city (historic peninsula of Constantinople) by the Golden Horn.
The Pudding Shop in 1982. The Pudding Shop is the nickname for the Lale Restaurant in Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey.It became popular in the 1960s as a meeting place for beatniks and, later on, hippies and other travellers on overland route between Europe and India, Nepal, and elsewhere in Asia: the "hippie trail".