Maltepe

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Maltepe (disambiguation) .

Maltepe
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Istanbul
Coordinates :	40 ° 56 '  N , 29 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 55 '30 "  N , 29 ° 9' 6"  E
Telephone code :	(+90) 212 (European part) (+90) 216 (Asian part)
Postal code :	34 xxx
License plate :	34
Structure and administration (status: 2014)
Mayor :	Ali Kılıç ( CHP )
Website:	www.maltepe.bel.tr
Maltepe County
Residents :	476,806 (2014)
Surface:	53.06 km²
Population density :	8,986 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam :	Meftun Dallı
Website (Kaymakam):	www.maltepe.gov.tr

Maltepe ( Greek Βρύας Bryas ) is a district in the Turkish province of İstanbul and a district on the Asian side of Istanbul . Maltepe has 476,806 inhabitants (as of 2014).

Economy and Infrastructure

In the Gecekondu district of Maltepe

The Istanbul city bus line E5 run daily along the highway Otoyol 1 on the bridge of the martyrs of July 15 to the European part and Dolmuşe to the docks in Kadıköy , where you take the ferry to either the European side of Istanbul or Bursa translate can.

In contrast to other parts of Istanbul, Maltepe is a quiet area. The cityscape of Maltepe is characterized by four to six-story residential buildings. There are also many modern Istanbul upper-class settlements in Maltepe, where security forces guard the settlement checkpoints . The Gülsuyu district, on the other hand, is a Gecekondu settlement that emerged in the 1970s as a result of migration from rural areas in eastern and south- eastern Anatolia .

history

The history of Maltepe can be traced back to the Byzantine Empire. At that time, Maltepe was called "Bryas" or in Latin "Urias". According to some other sources, it was called "Pelekanon" in Byzantine history. But there is no concrete evidence of this. Therefore, today's well-known Maltepe was only founded in the 16th century.

The name Maltepe means "tumulus". When the Kocaeli peninsula was conquered by the Turks, they gave it this name, probably based on some of the legends of Dragos.

Byzantine Empire

This small border town was destroyed in the earthquake of 1509 and the ruins of the city were found at the foot of the Dragos and were called "Obnias" or "Abrias", it was made in 1540 by the famous French explorer and scientist Pierre Gilles ( Latinized Petrus Gillius or Gyllius ; * June 30, 1490 in Albi ; † January 5, 1555 in Rome ) discovered. Historians who insist on the name Pelekanon claim that the battle between the 3rd Androniks and Orhan Gazi (1329-1330) took place in the area of ​​Maltepe. The origin of this claim is the famous historian Joseph von Hammer . Nevertheless, based on some evidence, historian Vladimir Mırmıroğlu claimed that the Pelekanon battle between Darica and Eskihisar took place in the vicinity of the monastery.

Seljuks Empire

Before the establishment of the Ottoman Empire, the Turkish attackers (Akinci) raided the Kocaeli Peninsula, which was under Byzantine rule. It is known that the attackers came as far as Üsküdar. 1075 they conquered Iznik (4 years after the Malazgirt ( Manzikert ) battle) and its surroundings and founded the Anatolian Seljuk Empire. Suleyman Shah only got as far as the Bosphorus. After the fall of the Anatolian Seljuks Empire, Maltepe and the surrounding area came back under the rule of the Byzantines .

Ottoman Empire

After the establishment of the Ottoman Empire, during the rule of the 2nd Ottoman Sultan Orhan Gazi, the commanders Akca Koca, Konur Alp and Gazi Abdurrahman Maltepe took control. After the conquest of Istanbul by the Turks, the historical importance of Maltepe has increased. Maltepe, on the road to Baghdad, is the second stop for the Ottoman army after Üsküdar. Ismail Hami DANIŞMENT wrote that Fatih Sultan Mehmet was the leader of an army of up to 300,000 thousand men and went to Üsküdar on April 27th , rested here for a few days, then wanted to march on from Üsküdar to Gebze, but fell ill on the Tekfur meadow in the Hünkar Cayiri area and died on May 3, 1481. According to Danışmend, according to some Ottoman records, the Hünkar Cayiri (King's Meadow), which is between Üsküdar and Gebze, is already in Maltepe. In the first volume of Evliya Celebi , he also mentions that Fatih Sultan Mehmet died near Maltepe.

In the 18th century, Maltepe developed through Feyzullah Efendi Kazasker (Feyzullah Efendi Kazaskerein = civil servant in the Ottoman Empire). Feyzullah Efendi, son of Sheikh ul-lslam Hayr Efendi (1699–1761), became Rumeli Kazasker in 1749 and twice Sheikh ul- lslam (1755 and 1757). In 1758 he was recalled by the 3rd Mustafa and permission was given to live in his house in Sütlüce. The old Maltepe is said to be the estate of Feyzullah Efendi. Feyzullah Efendi brought the mountain spring water of the Kayisberg to Maltepe with earth drainage and had a well built next to the Feyzullah Mosque.

education

The private, state-approved Maltepe University (Turkish: Maltepe Üniversitesi) is located in Maltepe .

mosque

Maltepe houses the Maltepe Center Mosque of the same name ( Maltepe Merkez Camii in Turkish ), which was renovated in the 2000s with 4 high minarets according to classic Ottoman architecture, which was the dominant architectural style for over two centuries. Stylistically, it mediates between the architectural model of Hagia Sophia and the Suleymaniye Mosque . The mosque is not far from the Sea of ​​Marmara and in the center of Maltepe on the famous Baghdad Street (in Turkish, Bağdat Caddesi ). The galleries of the Maltepe Center Mosque have carved wooden frames and there are several large tiled mosaics around the mosque. They show various important sights that are relevant to Islam, e.g. B. the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem .

Web links

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

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1. ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics, 2014 ( Memento February 10, 2015 on WebCite ), accessed May 2, 2015
2. ^ History of Maltepe - European Union and International Relations Center. Retrieved June 8, 2019 . 
3. ^ History of Maltepe - European Union and International Relations Center. Retrieved June 8, 2019 . 
4. ^ History of Maltepe - European Union and International Relations Center. Retrieved June 8, 2019 . 
5. ^ History of Maltepe - European Union and International Relations Center. Retrieved June 8, 2019 .