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Gateluzio, Prince of the Lesbos Island and a taxpayer to the Ottoman Empire, delayed his payments and Mehmed the Conqueror sent the Ottoman Navy to the island. Lesbos Island was conquered and annexed by the Ottoman Empire.
Kydonies (Ancient Greek: Κυδωνίες) was an ancient Aeolian Greek port-town.Its name was changed to Ayvalık ('Quince orchard') [4] in the Ottoman era. Before 1923 the town was predominantly Greek, and although the Turks used its Turkish name, the Greeks used both the old name Kydonies and the new one Hellenised to Aivali (Αϊβαλί).
Altınova (formerly: Ayazmend) [1] is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Ayvalık, Balıkesir Province, Turkey. [2] Its population is 15,467 (2022). [3] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town ().
Sarıyer's climate, typical of northern Istanbul, is oceanic (Cfb/Do) according to both Köppen and Trewartha climate classifications, with cool winters and warm summers. Sarıyer's climate is marked by high precipitation (the highest annual precipitation in Istanbul), milder summers and slightly colder winters than most of lowland Istanbul.
It was supposedly designed to rival Sinan's famous Suleymaniye Mosque, across the Bosphorus on the European side of Istanbul. [5] At 72 metres in height, the main dome of Çamlıca Mosque symbolises the 72 nations residing in Istanbul, Turkey; the dome spanning 34 metres represents the city of Istanbul (34 is the city's car plate number).
Maçka campus of Istanbul Technical University (ITU) Maçka is one of the four neighbourhoods (together with Teşvikiye, Osmanbey and Pangaltı) within the Nişantaşı quarter of the Şişli district in Istanbul, Turkey. One of the five campuses of the Istanbul Technical University, the Maçka Campus, is located in Maçka.
The 1944 Gulf of Edremit–Ayvacik earthquake occurred on October 6 at 05:34:48 local time in Balıkesir Province, Turkey.It measured 6.7 on the moment magnitude scale (M w ) and occurred at a depth of 15 km (9 mi).
Istanbul Airport (IATA: IST, ICAO: LTFM) [5] is the larger of two international airports serving Istanbul, Turkey. It is located in the Arnavutköy district on the European side of the city. It is the largest airport in Turkey and the 2nd busiest airport in Europe .