Çatalca

Çatalca
Villas in Çatalca
Basic data
Province (il) :	Istanbul
Coordinates :	41 ° 9 '  N , 28 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 9 '0 "  N , 28 ° 27' 1"  E
Height :	29  m
Surface:	1,040.42 km²
Residents :	36,863 (2012)
Population density :	35 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+90) 212 (European part) (+90) 216 (Asian part)
Postal code :	34 xxx
License plate :	34
Structure and administration (status: 2009)
Mayor :	Cem Kara ( CHP )
Website:	www.catalca.bel.tr
Çatalca district
Residents :	67,843 (2014)
Surface:	1,344 km²
Population density :	50 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam :	Yüksel Ayhan
Website (Kaymakam):	www.catalca.gov.tr

Çatalca ( ancient Greek Ἐργίσκη Ergískē , later Greek Μέτραι Metrae ) is the district town of the district of the same name in the Turkish province of Istanbul on the European side. The Çatalca district has 67,843 inhabitants (as of 2014).

history

Çatalca was conquered by Sultan Bayezit I in 1371 and was given the new name "Çatalburgaz" by the conquerors. At the end of the 16th century, the Grand Vizier Ferhad Pasha had Çatalca expanded, and Mimar Sinan built the Ferhad Pasha Mosque. During the First Balkan War 1912–1913, the front line (the Çatalca line) ran east between the Bulgarian and Ottoman armies . In the assault on Constantinople, against the will of the chief of staff Ivan Fitschew , the Bulgarian army was stopped in the battle of Çatalca . Until 1924 the population was mixed, but the majority was Greek. İstanbul obtains a significant part of its drinking water from the Büyükçekmece reservoir in Çatalca. Until 1926 Çatalca was an independent province. With the ordinance of June 26, 1926, it was downgraded to a district and attached to the province of Istanbul.

Attractions

• The Ferhad Pasha Mosque

• The Anastasius Wall from the early 6th century

• The historic hammam

Other structures

• 226 meter high transmission mast for broadcasting a radio program on the medium wave frequency 702 kHz with 600 kW power

traffic

Çatalca train station is on the Istanbul Sirkeci – Swilengrad railway line .

Communities

These municipalities belong to the Çatalca district:

• City of Çatalca
• Akalan
• Aydinlar
• Bahşayiş
• Basakkoy
• Çakil
• Çanakça
• Çiftlikköy
• Elbasan Köyü
• Gökçeali
• İhsaniye
• İnceğiz
• İzzettin
• Kabakça
• Karacakoy
• Kestanelik
• Oklalı
• Ovayenice
• Örcünlü
• Subaşı
• Yazlık Köy

Web links

Commons : Çatalca  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics, 2012 ( Memento from February 20, 2013 on WebCite ), accessed May 2, 2015
2. ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics, 2014 ( Memento February 10, 2015 on WebCite ), accessed May 2, 2015