Büyükçekmece

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Büyükçekmece
Büyükçekmece coat of arms Map of Turkey, position of Büyükçekmece highlighted
Büyükçekmece sahili.JPG
The coast of Büyükçekmece
Basic data
Province (il) : Istanbul
Coordinates : 41 ° 1 '  N , 28 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 1 '12 "  N , 28 ° 34' 39"  E
Surface: 157.68 km²
Telephone code : (+90) 212 (European part)
(+90) 216 (Asian part)
Postal code : 34 xxx
License plate : 34
Structure and administration (status: 2009)
Mayor : Hasan Akgün ( CHP )
Website:
Büyükçekmece County
Residents : 223,324 (2014)
Surface: 239 km²
Population density : 934 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam : Ismail Gündüz
Website (Kaymakam):

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Büyükçekmece is the capital of the district of the same name in the Turkish province of İstanbul and a district on the European side of İstanbul . Büyükçekmece had 223,324 inhabitants according to the last census (as of 2014).

Communities

These 11 municipalities belong to Büyükçekmece County:

  • City of Büyükçekmece
  • Kumburgaz
  • Mimarsinan
  • Tepecik
  • Bahçeşehir
  • Kiraç
  • Gurpinar
  • Yakuplu
  • Kavaklı

geography

The city of Büyükçekmece is located at the southern end of the Büyükçekmece Lake , where it connects to the Sea of ​​Marmara . The once open connection between the lake and the sea was interrupted by a dam so that the lake could be used as one of the most important drinking water reservoirs in Istanbul.

history

The place Büyükçekmece was probably in the 7th century BC. Founded as a Greek colony on the banks of the river delta under the name Athyra (after which a titular bishopric Athyra is still named).

In the year 447 AD the Hun king Attila marched with his army into Athyra.

Further conquests followed: by the Avars in 616, the Bulgarians under the leadership of Tsar Khan Krum in 813 and the Pechenegs in 1090. The Turks settled in the area that was still under Byzantine rule from 1357. It was only after the Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) that Turks began to settle.

Büyükçekmece was incorporated under the administration of Çatalca in 1876 . In 1958 the city received municipal rights and in 1987 the district was formed in its current form.

Population development

Population development Büyükçekmece
year 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1997 2000 2007 2014
Residents 7.127 12,815 16,244 8,337 12,021 13,061 11,952 13,936 20,063 33,792 56,999 120,516 287,569 380,392 688.774 223,324

education

The Sokullu Mehmet Pasha Mosque

Büyükçekmece County has 27 secondary schools, three universities and a few dozen primary schools.

economy

Until the 1950s, agriculture was very important in Büyükçekmece. From this point on, industrialization began. After 1980 the city was gradually modernized, so that Büyükçekmece now has a sewerage system, a water treatment plant and facilities for generating electricity.

traffic

Büyükçekmece has a train station on the İstanbul Sirkeci – Swilengrad railway line .

Attractions

  • The Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Bridge is a bridge built by the court architect Sinan over the southern tip of Lake Büyükçekmece from the 16th century.
  • Kursunlu Han Kervansarayı ( Caravanserai )
  • The Sokullu Mehmet Pasha Mosque is also the work of Sinan.
  • The Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Fountain was also built by Mimar Sinan.
  • İmaret Mosque

Twin cities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics, 2014 ( Memento from February 10, 2015 on WebCite ), accessed April 25, 2015