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Çatalca

Çatalca
Çatalca is a city and a rural district in Istanbul, Turkey. It is in East Thrace, on the ridge between the Marmara and the Black Sea. Most people living in Çatalca are either farmers or those visiting vacation homes. Many families from Istanbul come to Çatalca during weekends to hike in the forests or have…
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Çekmeköy

Çekmeköy
Çekmeköy is a district in the Asian suburbs of Istanbul, Turkey. It became a district in 2009 by secession from Ümraniye. Also; Ömerli, Alemdağ, and Taşdelen villages, 17 quarter and four towns joined Çekmeköy district in the same year.
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Esenler

Esenler
Esenler is a district of Istanbul, Turkey, on its European side. Esenler is mainly densely packed, working class residential in the midst of its industrial neighbouring districts of Gaziosmanpaşa, Güngören and Bağcılar. History In the Ottoman times this area, well outside the city walls, was the villages of Litros and Avas, populated by Greek farmers.…
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Esenyurt

Esenyurt
Esenyurt is a district of the Istanbul Province and is a part of the metropolitan municipality of Istanbul. Located in the European side of Istanbul, Esenyurt borders with Avcılar and Lake Küçükçekmece on the east, Büyükçekmece on the west, Başakşehir, Arnavutköy and TEM road on the north and Beylikdüzü and E-5 motorway on the south.…
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Eyüp

Eyüp
Eyüp  is a municipality (belediye) and district of the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The district extends from the Golden Horn all the way to the shore of the Black Sea. Eyüp is also the name of a prominent neighborhood and former village in the district, located at the confluence of the Kağıthane and Alibey streams…
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Fatih

Fatih
Fatih, historically Constantinople, is the capital district and a municipality (belediye) in Istanbul, Turkey which hosts the provincial authorities, including the governor's office, police headquarters, and metropolitan municipality while encompassing the peninsula coinciding with old Constantinople. In 2009, the district of Eminönü, which had been a separate municipality located at the tip of the peninsula,…
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Gaziosmanpaşa

Gaziosmanpaşa
Gaziosmanpaşa  is an impoverished working class municipality (belediye) and district of Istanbul, Turkey, on its European side. With a population of 400,000 plus, it is one of the most populous districts. In 2009 Gaziosmanpaşa district was divided into three districts: Gaziosmanpaşa, the central; Sultangazi, the northern part; and Arnavutköy, the northernmost part. Esenler and Bayrampaşa…
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Güngören

Güngören
Güngören  is a small industrial and working class residential district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is located near the district of Bakırköy. History Güngören is hard to distinguish from its neighbouring districts in the industrial area north of the E5 highway, districts such as Merter or the poorer parts of Bahçelievler. Like them it has seen…
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Kadıköy

Kadıköy
Kadıköy is a large, populous, and cosmopolitan district of Istanbul, Turkey on the northern shore of the Sea of Marmara, facing the historic city centre on the European side of the Bosporus. Kadıköy is also the name of the most prominent neighbourhood of the district, a residential and commercial area that, with its numerous bars,…
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Kağıthane

Kağıthane
Kağıthane (Turkish pronunciation: [caɰɯtˈhaːne], in Greek was known as Glykà Nerà, Γλυκά Νερά, meaning "sweet waters"), which used to be a working class district from the sixties on, has become one of the largest regeneration and real estate development areas of the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The district is located on the European side and…
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