Fatih (Istanbul)

Fatih
View of the Topkapı Palace
Basic data
Province (il) :	Istanbul
Coordinates :	41 ° 1 '  N , 28 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 1 '21 "  N , 28 ° 56' 27"  E
Telephone code :	(+90) 212 (European part) (+90) 216 (Asian part)
Postal code :	34 xxx
License plate :	34
Structure and administration (status: 2009)
Mayor :	Mustafa Demir ( AKP )
Website:	www.fatih.bel.tr
Fatih County
Residents :	419,266 (2014)
Surface:	13 km²
Population density :	32,251 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam :	Hasan Karakaş
Website (Kaymakam):	www.fatih.gov.tr

Fatih is a district municipality ( Belediye ) of the metropolitan municipality ( Büyükşehir Belediyesi ) Istanbul in Turkey and is located on the European side. Your area also forms the sub-district of the same name ( İlçe ) of the province of Istanbul . Fatih is the location of the Istanbul University and has 419,266 inhabitants (as of 2014). A city partnership with Wiesbaden has existed since 2012 .

geography

Geographical location

The area that Fatih occupies corresponds roughly to the old town of Istanbul, which is enclosed by the Theodosian Wall . Fatih is crossed by Ataturk Bulvarı, an expressway that provides a second connection to the north of the city of Istanbul via the Ataturk Bridge , and which separated the area of ​​the districts of Fatih and Eminönü before it was united . The Ataturk Bulvarı is spanned by the Valens Aqueduct ( Bozdoğan Kemeri ) built in the 4th century . Fatih has been famous for its madrasas and mosques since Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror and was a district of scholars and poets.

City structure

Fatih is divided into 102 districts ( Mahalle ) and 36 districts ( Semt ), including the famous districts Aksaray , Balat , Eminönü , Beyazıt , Fener , Karagümrük , Sulukule and Topkapı .

Culture and sights

The Fatih Mosque is one of the historical centers of the district

The main street of Fatih began in the Middle Ages in Philadelphion , and where the Fatih Mosque now stands was the second largest church in Byzantium, the Apostle Church with the tomb of Constantine the Great . Not far from Philadelphion is the Markian Column ( Kıztaşı ).

Orthodox churches in the district, which were converted into mosques in the Ottoman centuries, are among others. a. the Zeyrek Mosque , the Pammakaristos Church (today Fethiye Mosque), the Manastır Mosque , St. Menas or the church mosque Vefa . The church of Hagios Georgios is located on the site of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople .

In Eminönü, a district of Fatih, which was previously an independent district of İstanbul and merged with Fatih to form a district in 2008, is located at the tip of the peninsula and houses the historical center of the city with remains of the Byzantine imperial palace , the ancient Basilica Cistern , the Hippodrome , the museums of the former Hagia Sophia Cathedral , the former Hagia Irene Church , the former Topkapı Sarayı Sultan's Palace and important mosques (the Sultan Ahmed Mosque , the Suleymaniye Mosque , the Rüstem Pasha Mosque and the Beyazıt Mosque , the oldest in town). The oldest city wall surrounds this district.

Other important museums are the Archaeological Museum near Topkapı Palace and the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art at the Hippodrome.

The main street of Constantinople, the Mese , started at Hagia Sophia and passed through the Forum Konstantin ( Çemberlitaş ), where is one of the largest agora in the world, the covered bazaar Kapalı Çarşı , the Forum Tauri (Theodosius Forum) ( Beyazıt ) and the Arkadius Forum ( Aksaray ) to the Golden Gate on the land wall of Theodosius. At the Forum Tauri, the middle street of the former Byzantium branches off towards the northwest and forms the Forum Philadelphion ( Şehzadebaşı ) there.

There is also the most important bazaar district of Istanbul with the Mısır Çarşısı and the large covered bazaar, Kapalı Çarşı, with around 4,000 shops, the main building of the university, the Sirkeci Garı terminus for trains from the west, once the terminus of the Orient Express , and opposite the most important jetties for ferry traffic. There the Galata Bridge leads over the Golden Horn to Beyoğlu and further to the north of the European side.

The Istanbul Metropolitan Government building is located in the Fatih district in the Saraçhane district.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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