Zeytinburnu

Zeytinburnu
Basic data
Province (il) :	Istanbul
Coordinates :	40 ° 59 '  N , 28 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 58 '59 "  N , 28 ° 53' 59"  E
Telephone code :	(+90) 212 (European part) (+90) 216 (Asian part)
Postal code :	34 xxx
License plate :	34
Structure and administration (status: 2009)
Mayor :	Murat Aydın ( AKP )
Website:	www.zeytinburnu.bel.tr
Zeytinburnu County
Residents :	287,223 (2014)
Surface:	11.31 km²
Population density :	25,395 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam :	Selim Cebiroğlu
Website (Kaymakam):	www.zeytinburnu.gov.tr

Zeytinburnu is the capital of the district of the same name in the Turkish province of Istanbul and a district on the European side of Istanbul . According to the last census, Zeytinburnu had 287,223 inhabitants (as of 2014).

geography

Zeytinburnu Town Hall

The name Zeytinburnu literally translates into German as olive nose , although Burun also means headland in Turkish . The name most likely comes from the former olive plantations in the area and from a headland on the Marmara Sea, which is located in the area of ​​Zeytinburnus.

Zeytinburnu has 284,814 inhabitants and an area of ​​12 km². The district is divided into 13 districts . There are a total of 970 streets in Zeytinburnu. In the east the district borders on Fatih , in the north on Bayrampaşa , in the west on Güngören and Bakırköy and in the south on the Marmara Sea. The German companies Hoechst and Mercedes-Benz have production plants in Zeytinburnu.

Since Zeytinburnu is one of the most threatened districts of Istanbul in the event of a major earthquake , according to an announcement on August 18, 2005, the Istanbul City Council decided to demolish 2,295 residential buildings and 2,893 commercial buildings of the 16,000 buildings in the district and replace them with earthquake-proof buildings.

history

The first settlement in Zeytinburnu was founded by a sect, the so-called Jerusalem pastors , shortly after the Turkish conquest of Constantinople . Afterwards, Zeytinburnu developed into a recreational area for the people of Constantinople, and the sultans also had many holiday homes and villas built on the coast. About 150 years ago Zeytinburnu became a center of the leather processing industry. The textile industry followed in 1927. As a result of the numerous jobs created, the population of the place increased rapidly, and the place changed from a destination into a working-class district with great social problems and tensions. Before 1953, the east of Zeytinburnus belonged to the Fatih district and the west to the Bakırköy district . From 1953 Zeytinburnu belonged only to Fatih until it became the 14th district of Istanbul on September 1, 1957.

The soccer club Zeytinburnuspor , founded in 1953, played in the first division until 1997, but has since been relegated to the third division.

The journalist and editor of the bilingual weekly Agos , Hrant Dink , who was murdered on January 19, 2007 , was buried in the Armenian cemetery Balıklı in Zeytinburnu.

Population development

The annual population growth rate averages around 4%. This increase in population is due to the great rural exodus of Turkey, but also to immigration mainly from Kazakhstan , Turkmenistan , Afghanistan and Greece ( Western Thrace ).

Population development Zeytinburnu
year	1955	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1997	2000	2007	2014
Residents	17,585	88,341	102,874	117.905	123.548	124,543	147,849	165,679	228.786	284.814	288,743	287.223

Attractions

Metro in Zeytinburnu

• Byzantine country wall
• Historical hospitals: Balıklı Greek Hospital and Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital Yedikule
• Yenikapı Mevlevihanesi
• Kazlıçeşme historical fountain
• Erikli Baba grave site
• Seyit Nizam mosque and tomb
• Merkezefendi mosque and tomb
• Derya-i Ali Baba tomb
• obelisk
• Olivium shopping center
• Zoohodos Piyi Church where several Orthodox patriarchs were buried

Twin cities

• Shkodra , Albania
• Nerimanov , Azerbaijan
• Kuala , Azerbaijan
• Semei , Kazakhstan
• Taras , Kazakhstan
• Bait Hanun , Palestinian Territories

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics, 2014 ( Memento of February 10, 2015 on WebCite ), accessed May 9, 2015
2. ↑ ^{a b} General information page for Zeytinburnu: Information on the history of Zeytinburnus ( Memento from May 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
3. ↑ ^{a b c} State Turkish-language information site for Istanbul: Information on the Zeytinburnu district ( Memento from January 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Turkish)
4. ↑ Information about leather chemical manufacturers on searchturkey.com: Industrial information page (English).
5. ↑ Earthquake Risk Analysis for Istanbul: Geophysicist Ahmet Ercan (Turkish).
6. ↑ Announcement of the Mayor of Istanbul from August 18, 2005: Istanbul City Council website ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Turkish)
7. ^ State Turkish-language information page for Zeytinburnu: Statistics about Zeytinburnu ( Memento of February 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Turkish)
8. ^ Turkish-language news site: News about the funeral of Dinks (Turkish).
9. ^ State Turkish language information page for Zeytinburnu: Information about Zeytinburnu ( Memento of February 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Turkish).
10. ↑ Official website of the Turkish Ministry of Culture: Yenikapi Mevlevihane (Turkish).
11. ↑ Official website of the shopping center Olivium: Information to the mall Olivium (Turkish).