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Hagia Sophia (Turkish: Ayasofya; Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia; lit. ' Holy Wisdom '), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (Turkish: Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi; Greek: Μεγάλο Τζαμί της Αγίας Σοφίας), [3] is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.
765.5 ha (1,892 acres) Istanbul[ b ] is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia. It is considered the country's economic, cultural and historic capital. The city has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of Turkey, [ 3 ] and is the most populous city ...
The Golden Horn (Turkish: Altın Boynuz or Haliç; Ancient Greek: Χρυσόκερας, Chrysókeras; Latin: Sinus Ceratinus) is a major urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey. As a natural estuary that connects with the Bosphorus Strait at the point where the strait meets the Sea of Marmara, the waters of the ...
34425. Area code. 0212. Karaköy (Turkish pronunciation: [kaˈɾɐcøj]), the modern name for the old Galata, is a commercial quarter in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, located at the northern part of the Golden Horn mouth on the European side of Bosphorus. Karaköy is one of the oldest and most historic districts of the city, and is ...
Rumelihisarı (also known as Rumelian Fortress and Roumeli Hissar Fortress[1]) or Boğazkesen Fortress (literally ' strait -cutter fortress') is a medieval Ottoman fortress located in Istanbul, Turkey, on a series of hills on the European banks of the Bosphorus. The fortress also lends its name to the immediate neighborhood around it in the ...
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Princes' Islands are located in the Sea of Marmara, near the coast of southeastern Istanbul. The distance from the Istanbul mainland changes between 13 and 25 km (8.1 and 15.5 mi), the closest being Kınalıada and farthest being Tavşanadası. Excluding Yassıada, Sivriada and Tavşanadası, all of the archipelago is located on a 12-kilometre ...
Kadıköy. Kadıköy (Turkish pronunciation: [kaˈdɯcøj] ⓘ) is a municipality and district on the Asian side of Istanbul Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 25 km 2, [3] and its population is 467,919 (2023). [1] It is a large and populous area in the Asian side of Istanbul, on the northern shore of the Sea of Marmara.