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East Thrace or Eastern Thrace, [a] also known as Turkish Thrace or European Turkey, is the part of Turkey that is geographically a part of Southeast Europe. [1] It accounts for 3.03% of Turkey's land area and 15% of its population. The largest city is Istanbul, which straddles the Bosporus between Europe and Asia.
II) and 24 Shawwal (Chev.) 1274, in 1858; the organisation of the central city in the city walls, "Stamboul" (Turkish: İstanbul), was not affected by these laws. All of Constantinople (all of which today is now Istanbul) was in the Prefecture of the City of Constantinople (French: Préfecture de la Ville de Constantinople). [12]
Başakşehir is located in the European part of Istanbul, also known as Rumeli. To the northwest lies the Sazlıdere Dam reservoir, while the Sea of Marmara is to the south. The O-3 European Motorway , also known as E80 European Route , begins in Mahmutbey within Başakşehir and runs westward towards Edirne.
Farhang-e-Asifiya (Urdu: فرہنگ آصفیہ, lit. 'The Dictionary of Asif') is an Urdu-to-Urdu dictionary compiled by Syed Ahmad Dehlvi. [1] It has more than 60,000 entries in four volumes. [2] It was first published in January 1901 by Rifah-e-Aam Press in Lahore, present-day Pakistan. [3] [4]
Beylikdüzü (Turkish: [bejˈlicdyzy]) is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 39 km 2, [3] and its population is 412,835 (2022). [1] It is on the European side of Istanbul, located north of the Sea of Marmara, south of Esenyurt, east of Büyükçekmece, and west of Avcılar.
İstanbul Haydarpaşa Terminal, terminus railway station at the Asian part of Istanbul; Istanbul Hezarfen Airfield, an airport for general aviation located in the Çatalca district of Istanbul; Istanbul LRT, a light metro system at the European part of Istanbul; Istanbul Monorail, a cancelled monorail system in Istanbul
The O-2, O-3, and O-4 are part of European route E80 (the Trans-European Motorway) between Portugal and the Iran–Turkey border. [336] In 2011, the first and second bridges on the Bosphorus carried 400,000 vehicles each day. [ 337 ]
It is at the far northern end of the Golden Horn on the European side of Istanbul. It extends along the shores of the Alibeyköy and Kağıthane rivers that discharge into the Golden Horn. Formerly a working class district, Kağıthane is now part of a major real estate development area. Kağıthane means 'paper mill' in Turkish.