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This is a list of districts of Istanbul in Turkey (Turkish: İstanbul'un ilçeleri) as of 31 December 2023. [1] The number of the districts increased from 32 to 39 shortly before the 2009 local elections .
The geographical regions of Turkey comprise seven regions (Turkish: bölge), which were originally defined at the country's First Geography Congress in 1941. [1] The regions are subdivided into 31 sections (Turkish: bölüm), which are further divided into numerous areas (Turkish: yöre), as defined by microclimates and bounded by local geographic formations.
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 ...
Baklava, probably developed in the imperial kitchens of the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul Republic Day celebrations on the Bosporus in Istanbul Orhan Pamuk, Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. Art in Istanbul Istanbul in art / Paintings of Istanbul; Public art in Istanbul Akdeniz; The Feeler
Istanbul-I (Thrace) TR-34 TR100 212 Istanbul Istanbul-II (Anatolia) TR-34 TR100 216 Istanbul İzmir: TR-35 TR310 232 Aegean Kahramanmaraş: TR-46 TR632 344 Mediterranean Karabük: TR-78 TR812 370 West Black Sea Karaman: TR-70 TR522 338 West Anatolia Kars: TR-36 TRA22 474 Northeast Anatolia Kastamonu: TR-37 TR821 366 West Black Sea Kayseri: TR ...
Densely populated, this area includes the cities of Istanbul and Edirne. The Bosphorus, which links the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea, is about twenty-five kilometers long and averages 1.5 kilometers in width but narrows in places to less than 1,000 meters. There are two suspension bridges over the Bosphorus, both its Asian and European ...
Greater municipalities (büyükşehir belediyesi) exist for large cities like Istanbul and İzmir that consist of an extra administrative layer run by an elected head mayor, who oversee the municipalities and mayors within the province. Currently, 30 provinces are administered by greater municipalities in addition to having separate ...
Map of Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), designed in 1422 by Florentine cartographer Cristoforo Buondelmonti. This is the oldest surviving map of the city, and the only surviving map that predates the Turkish conquest of 1453. The Bosporus is visible along the right-hand side of the map, wrapping vertically around the historic city.