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A cruise liner docked at the Port of Istanbul. The Port of Istanbul consists of three passenger halls, two of them covering an area of 4,000 m 2 (43,000 sq ft) each and another of 800 m 2 (8,600 sq ft). The three halls make it possible to handle around 10,000 tourists an hour, maintaining all the border control functions. [2]
The Anatolian Railway began construction of the port on April 20, 1899, and operated the port until the newly established Turkish Republic purchased it on May 24, 1924. On May 31, 1927, the port's administration was handed over to the Turkish State Railways (TCDD). [6] On February 5, 1953, an extension for the Port of Haydarpaşa was started.
This is a list of ports in Turkey grouped by sea and sorted after port name, [1] wherein piers and special purpose terminals (oil, natural gas, LNG terminals) [2] are separated. Marinas in Turkey are not listed here. As of 2024, there are 54 ports in Turkey. [3]
The location selected had long been home to warehouses associated with the port but most of these had fallen out of use. By the end of the 20th century it was best known as being the location of the Istanbul Modern art gallery (housed in an old warehouse) and a string of nargile (water-pipe) cafes popular with young people. But a line of grand ...
The Üsküdar Ferry Terminal, also known as the Üsküdar Pier (Turkish: Üsküdar İskelesi), is a ferry terminal in Üsküdar, Istanbul, located along Paşa Limanı Avenue on the Bosporus strait. It is used by Municipal Şehir Hatları (City Lines) ferries as well as private Dentur ferries.
Zeytinburnu (literally, Olive Cape) is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 12 km 2, [3] and its population is 292,616 (2022). [1] It is a working-class area on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, on the shore of the Marmara Sea just outside the walls of the ancient city, beyond the fortress of Yedikule.
Istanbul also became the heart of Turkey's nascent film industry, although Turkish films were not consistently developed until the 1950s. [256] Since then, Istanbul has been the most popular location to film Turkish dramas and comedies. [257]
The club is based at Lake Küçükçekmece, in Kanarya neighborhood west of Istanbul. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] İhsan Emre Vural and his teammate Ahmet Yumrukaya became the first world-champions in the history of Turkey when they got first place in the 2004 World Rowing Under 23 Championships held in Poznań, Poland .