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Bayrampaşa (pronounced [bajˈɾampaʃa]) is a suburban district of Istanbul, Turkey on the European side of the city.The people of Bayrampaşa are mainly Albanians and Bosniaks. The housing in Bayrampaşa is generally considered[by whom?] to be of poor quality,[opinion] with workshops and small factories even in the residential streets, while large areas of the district are […]
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Beşiktaş (pronounced [beshiktash]) is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and on the east by the Bosphorus. Directly across the Bosphorus is the […]
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Avcılar is a district of Istanbul, Turkey, out of town on the European side of the city, just to the west of the Küçükçekmece inlet of the Sea of Marmara. It is called ‘the crown of Istanbul’. The Marmara coast road bridges the mouth of the inlet, always an important route in wartime. Therefore, when […]
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Bağcılar is a working class suburban district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is located behind Bahçelievler on the Europe a side of the city, between the two major ring roads, the TEM and the E5. Sparsely populated countryside at the time of the founding of the Turkish republic, bağcılar means “vine growers” in Turkish and was […]
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Bahçelievler (meaning “houses with gardens” in Turkish) is a large middle class residential suburb of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European side of the city. It is accessible from the D.100 that runs from the Istanbul airport to the Asian side of the city, covers 5% of Istanbul’s land area and is home to over 570,000 […]
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Bakırköy is a neighbourhood, municipality and district on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. The quarter is densely populated, has a residential character and is inhabited by an upper middle class population. The municipality of Bakırköy is much larger than the quarter and also includes several other neighbourhoods, such as Yeşilköy, Yeşilyurt, Ataköy. Bakırköy lies […]
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Arnavutköy (meaning “Albanian village” in Turkish) is a historic neighbourhood in Istanbul, Turkey renowned for its wooden Ottoman mansions and seafood restaurants, as well as the campus of the prestigious Robert College with its historic buildings. It is part of the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, and is located between Ortaköy and Bebek on the European […]
