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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]
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Financial district of Levent in Istanbul Istanbul Airport is the main international airport in Istanbul. Turkey provides high-speed rail service with speeds up to 300 km/h (186 mph). Butterfly Valley, home to 105 species of butterflies, is a popular tourist attraction. Wind farm on Bozcaada
The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (ilçeler; sing. ilçe).In the Ottoman Empire and in the early Turkish Republic, [when?] the corresponding unit was the kaza.
Today, TRT runs four national radio stations; these stations have transmitters across the country so each can reach over 90 percent of the country's population, but only Radio 2 is based in Istanbul. Offering a range of content from educational programming to coverage of sporting events, Radio 2 is the most popular radio station in Turkey. [ 305 ]