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CITY GUIDES: The centre of Turkish history, cutting-edge art and affordable and authentic cuisine, Istanbul is rich with mini-neighbourhoods to explore. Vicky Smith gives a steer on where to start
This exodus opened up housing to migrants from Anatolia, changing the ethnic composition of Istanbul's neighborhoods. Most of the new residents of Kuzguncuk came from the Black Sea Region . [ 9 ] By the end of the 20th century, 15% of neighborhood residents were from İnebolu , 15% from Rize , 10% from Trabzon , 10% from Tokat , 10% from Kars ...
The cruise terminal covers 29,000 sq metres of land and spreads along 1.2 kilometres of shore, with views across the water to the historic peninsula of Istanbul with Topkapı Palace and the Ayasofya Mosque at its heart. It has space for three large cruise ships to dock side by side behind specially designed screens that rise to ensure that no ...
Karaköy has been a port area since Byzantine times when the north shore of the Golden Horn was a separate settlement facing Stamboul/Constantinople over the water. After the re-conquest of the city from the Latin State in 1261, the Byzantine emperor granted Genoese merchants permission to settle and do business here as part of a defense pact.
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With 11.842.983 million international visitors visiting Istanbul in the year 2014 (registering a 13.1% year-on-year increase compared with the previous year), [6] the number of international visitors to Istanbul increased a further 7.5% in the first eight months of 2015, reaching 8.414.096 million international visitors to the city during the ...
The bay takes its name from an ancient medieval chapel dedicated to St Thomas the Apostle. The exact location of the chapel cannot be ascertained, however, its location is linked to a shrine to St Thomas on the main road to Żejtun. [1] [2] Historically, the bay formed part of the nearby town of Żejtun, [3] which lies immediately uphill of the ...
Üsküdar (Turkish pronunciation:) is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 35 km 2, [3] and its population is 524,452 (2022). [1] It is a large and densely populated district on the Anatolian (Asian) shore of the Bosphorus.