Büyükçekmece
Büyükçekmece | |||
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The coast of Büyükçekmece |
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Basic data | |||
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Province (il) : | Istanbul | ||
Coordinates : | 41 ° 1 ' N , 28 ° 35' E | ||
Surface: | 157.68 km² | ||
Telephone code : |
(+90) 212 (European part) (+90) 216 (Asian part) |
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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): |
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 | ||||||||||||||||
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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
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
- Gelsenkirchen ( Germany ), since 2004
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics, 2014 ( Memento from February 10, 2015 on WebCite ), accessed April 25, 2015