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Balat is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey. [1] Its population is 11,656 (2022). [ 2 ] It is in the old city on the European side of Istanbul, on the western shore of the Golden Horn , sandwiched between Fener and Ayvansaray .
Yusuf Şucaeddin Mosque Fountain or Balat Fountain (Turkish: Balat Çeşmesi) is an Ottoman period fountain in the Ayvansaray neighborhood of Istanbul's Fatih district. [1] [2] After the Golden Horn coastal road works in the 1980s, it remained in the garden of Yusuf Şucaeddin Mosque. It is made of cut limestone and has a hexagonal shape.
The steep hills behind it run up to the Fatih neighbourhood. Fener is served by the T5 tram line which links it with Cibali and the small bus terminal (for buses to Anatolia) at Alibeyköy. The Golden Horn ferry also stops at Fener, linking it to Üsküdar, Karaköy, Kasımpaşa, Balat, Ayvansaray, Hasköy, Sütlüce and Eyüp.
Ayvansaray is a picturesque neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey. [1] Its population is 15,747 (2022). [2] It is on the Golden Horn, between Balat and Eyüpsultan.
Old map of Constantinople showing the location of the wall (border) of the city (Modern day Fatih) According to tradition, the city was founded as Byzantium by Greek colonists from the Attic town of Megara, led by the eponymous Byzas, around 658 BC. [1]
Fatih (Turkish pronunciation:) is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 15 km 2 , [ 3 ] and its population is 368,227 (2022). [ 1 ] It is home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the mayor's office, police headquarters, metropolitan municipality and tax office) but not the courthouse.
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 ...
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