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The Port of Istanbul is a passenger terminal for cruise liners, which is situated in the Karaköy neighborhood of the Beyoğlu district in Istanbul, Turkey.It consists of two adjoining piers, the Galata Pier and the Salıpazarı Pier, extending from the Galata Bridge on the Golden Horn to Salıpazarı on the west coast of the Bosporus.
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]
Development of the port area includes the creation of a new square covering the site of an old military parade ground and centred on Istanbul's first free-standing clocktower. The water side of the square is occupied by the new Renzo Piano -designed home for the Istanbul Modern art gallery, scheduled to open in the autumn of 2022.
In November 2017, he became Honorary Member of the Propeller Club of the United States Port of Piraeus and he received the Award of Excellence of the Propeller Club of the United States Port of Piraeus for his strenuous effort and impact on developing a new European Policy on regular Migration.
Istanbul has three major shipping ports – the Port of Haydarpaşa, the Port of Ambarlı, and the Port of Zeytinburnu – as well as several smaller ports and oil terminals along the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara. [16] Haydarpaşa, at the southeastern end of the Bosporus, was Istanbul's largest port until the early 2000s. [231]
There it was discovered that all four blades of the port side propeller would have to be replaced; however the ship only carried two spare blades on board. To solve the problem two extra propeller blades carried on board Galaxy ' s sister ship MV Mercury were flown from the Caribbean to Hamburg and installed on the Galaxy. Following repairs the ...
Minister of the Ottoman Navy (Bahriye Nazırı) Bozcaadalı Hasan Hüsnü Pasha established the Istanbul Naval Museum (İstanbul Deniz Müzesi) in 1897.Fragment of the Byzantine chain that closed the entrance of the Golden Horn during the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 The Byzantine chain that closed the entrance of the Golden Horn during the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, with the original ...