Kadıköy

Kadıköy known in classical antiquity and during the Roman and Byzantine eras as Chalcedon, is a large, populous, and cosmopolitan district in the Asian side 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 […]

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Istanbul (Asia Side)

Asian Side is the eastern half of the city of Istanbul, located east of Bosphorus and geographically on the Asian mainland. Ride the balloon (Turk Balloon) in Kadıköy (easily recognizable by its yellow color on Kadıköy coast). Although it doesn’t stray much away from its base –since it is always tied to the ground by […]

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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. Çekmeköy is established on the southern side of Keçiağılı Hill which is located on the south-western […]

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Beykoz

Beykoz (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈbejkoz]), also known as Beicos and Beikos, is a district in Istanbul, Turkey at the northern end of the Bosphorus on the Anatolian side. Beykoz includes everything from the streams of Küçüksu and Göksu (just before Anadolu Hisarı) up to the opening of the Bosphorus into the Black Sea, and the villages […]

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Ataşehir

Ataşehir is a modern suburban district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is located at the junction of the O-2 and O-4 motorways in the Anatolian part of Istanbul. Before 2009, the area of present-day Ataşehir was divided between the districts of Kadıköy, Üsküdar, Ümraniye and Kartal. Its neighbours are Ümraniye to the north, Sancaktepe to the […]

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Adalar

The Prince Islands (Greek: Πριγκηπονήσια, Pringiponisia, Turkish: Prens Adaları; the word “princes” is plural, because the name means “Islands of the Princes”) or Kızıl Adalar (“Red Islands”) in Turkish, officially just Adalar (“Islands”), are an archipelago off the coast of Istanbul, Turkey, in the Sea of Marmara. The islands constitute the Adalar district of Istanbul […]

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