Constantinople Vilayet

The Vilayet of Istanbul (Turkish: İstanbul Vilayeti ) was from 1864 to 1922 a large province ( vilayet ) of the Ottoman Empire. She was largely identical to the present province of Istanbul.

In 1914 - one year before the Armenian Genocide and ethnic cleansing against the Greeks - were by the inhabitants of the province's total 560 434 Muslims, 205 752 Greeks, 82,880 Armenians and 52,126 Jews.

Administrative divisions

The vilayet was divided into the following Asian Kazas Before 1914:

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