Bakırköy

Bakırköy
Basic data
Province (il) :	Istanbul
Coordinates :	41 ° 0 ′  N , 28 ° 51 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 59 ′ 51 ″  N , 28 ° 51 ′ 2 ″  E
Surface:	29.65 km²
Residents :	221,594 (2014)
Population density :	7,474 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+90) 212 (European part) (+90) 216 (Asian part)
Postal code :	34 xxx
License plate :	34
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Mayor :	Bülent Kerimoğlu ( CHP )
Website:	www.bakirkoy.bel.tr
Bakırköy County
Kaymakam :	Dursun Ali Şahin
Website (Kaymakam):	www.bakirkoy.gov.tr

Bakırköy ( Turkish for copper village , Armenian : Բաքըրքյոյ) is a district of the Turkish city ​​of Istanbul and also a district of the Istanbul province .

geography

The district is located on the European side of Istanbul, on the coast of the Marmara Sea . The city's largest airport, Ataturk Airport ( Ataturk Havalimanı ), is located in the district of Yeşilköy .

Bakırköy has 221,594 inhabitants (as of 2014).

history

In ancient times, the suburb of Hebdomon of the city of Constantinople was located in the place of today's Bakırköy .

Until 1925 the district was called Makriköy (from Greek Μακροχώρι Makrohori , "long village").

Attractions

In the district of Florya lying Seevilla of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk .

traffic

Bakırköy has a train station on the İstanbul Sirkeci – Swilengrad railway, which was served by the S-Bahn from İstanbul Sirkeci to Halkalı . Operations here have been suspended since 2013 and the line is being renovated.

Sports

Bakırköyspor is the best known and most successful football club in the area and was active in Turkish professional football from 1984 to 2007. His most successful time he had club in the years 1990-1993, in which the club in the top Turkish league, the Süper Lig , was active. Especially in its first first division season, the 1990/91 season , the team finished the league in 6th place in the table and became the surprise team of the season. Since the summer of 2008, the club played in the Istanbul amateur leagues.

Personalities

• Nubar Terziyan (1909–1994), Turkish actor of Armenian descent
• Kenan Pars (1920–2008), Turkish actor of Armenian descent
• Rober Haddeciyan (* 1926), Turkish writer of Armenian descent
• Cem Karaca (1945-2004), Turkish rock musician
• Ahmet Börtücene (1947–2016), Turkish football player
• Peker Açıkalın (* 1963), Turkish theater and film actor
• Rasim Vardar (* 1979), Turkish football player
• Mustafa Sarp (* 1980), Turkish football player
• Murat Akyüz (* 1981), Turkish football player
• Emre Güngör (* 1984), Turkish soccer player
• Fatih Kara (* 1987), Turkish soccer player
• Mehmet Ali Kıran (* 1987), Turkish soccer player
• Eray Birniçan (* 1988), Turkish football goalkeeper
• Özgür Özkaya (* 1988), Turkish soccer player
• Ersin Aydın (* 1990), Turkish soccer goalkeeper
• Emirhan Ergün (* 1990), Turkish football goalkeeper
• Aras Özbiliz (* 1990), Armenian-Dutch soccer player
• Çağatay Ulusoy (* 1990), Turkish model and actor
• Ramazan Üstündağ (* 1990), Turkish football goalkeeper
• Necip Uysal (* 1991), Turkish soccer player
• Erkut Şentürk (* 1994), Turkish soccer player
• İbrahim Serdar Aydın (* 1996), Turkish football player

Individual evidence

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