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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.
İskenderpaşa is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey. [1] Its population is 12,024 (2022). [2] It is in the European part of Istanbul. It is considered one of the most visited areas of Istanbul, as it is located near the shopping center of the city.
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]
An undersea water supply tunnel with a length of 5,551 m (18,212 ft), [49] named the Bosporus Water Tunnel, was constructed in 2012 to transfer water from the Melen Creek in Düzce Province (to the east of the Bosporus strait, in northwestern Anatolia) to the European side of Istanbul, a distance of 185 km (115 mi).
Map of the districts of Istanbul. This is a list of neighbourhoods (Turkish: mahalle) of Istanbul, Turkey, classified by the districts of Istanbul.Neighbourhoods are not considered an administrative division of the districts, but they have legally established borders and a "head man" (called muhtar in Turkish) who are elected by universal suffrage and have minor duties like certifying copies ...
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.
İstanbul Province. Below is the list of populated places in Istanbul Province, Turkey by the districts. All districts of Istanbul Province are considered as a part of Greater Istanbul and most districts have no populated places other than the district center itself. In the following lists first place in each list is the administrative center ...
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. [337] In 2011, the first and second bridges on the Bosphorus carried 400,000 vehicles each day. [ 338 ]