Beykoz

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Beykoz
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Basic data
Province (il) : Istanbul
Coordinates : 41 ° 8 ′  N , 29 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 7 ′ 30 "  N , 29 ° 6 ′ 20"  E
Residents : 220,364 (2012)
Telephone code : (+90) 212 (European part)
(+90) 216 (Asian part)
Postal code : 34 xxx
License plate : 34
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Mayor : Murat Aydın ( AKP )
Website:
Beykoz County
Residents : 248,071 (2014)
Surface: 239 km²
Population density : 1,038 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam : Aydın Ergün
Website (Kaymakam):
Template: Infobox location in Turkey / maintenance / district

Beykoz ( Amikos in ancient times , Greek Αμνικός , named after a Thracian king) is a district on the Asian side of Istanbul . Beykoz is also a district in the Turkish province of Istanbul . The district of Beykoz has 248,071 inhabitants (as of 2014).

Culture and sights

Beykoz is one of the last green lungs in Istanbul. In no other part of Istanbul are there so many forest areas and villas. Some of the sights in Beykoz are the Egyptian Tower ( Hıdiv Kasrı ) of Abbas II , the Ottoman Summer Palace Küçük Su Kasrı , the old castle complex in Anadolu Hisarı and the Vehbi Koç Natural Park.

“Kiraz” festival in Polonezköy

Outside Beykoz on the road to the seaside resort of Riva is one of the curiosities of Istanbul, Polonezköy ( Polish Adampol ), the Polish village. It was founded after the Crimean War by Polish, Czech and Bohemian soldiers who decided not to return home. They built their village the local style with half-timbered houses and fenced gardens in which they planted familiar fruit trees and shrubs. The inhabitants maintain their language to this day and supply the non-Muslims living in Istanbul with pork , which is otherwise hardly available. Polonezköy has become a popular destination, but with the influx of visitors, the former idyll is slowly being lost. Today a small number of Bosporus Germans also live there.

The route from the center of Istanbul to the north is lined with a series of yalıs that have been extensively restored. Anadolu Hisarı is home to the first Ottoman fortress that was supposed to be used for the conquest of Byzantium. It was in 1395 by Sultan Bayezid I. built. The fortress is well preserved.

The German-Turkish University is currently under construction in Beykoz .

Sports

The Beykozspor football club comes from this district and currently plays in the third-highest Turkish league .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics, 2012 ( Memento from February 20, 2013 on WebCite ), accessed April 25, 2015
  2. ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics, 2014 ( Memento from February 10, 2015 on WebCite ), accessed April 25, 2015