Arnavutköy (district)

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Arnavutköy is a district of İstanbul (Turkish Ilce ) west of the city, ie, on the European side. He also forms a county in the province of Istanbul, as the city is its own province, and had, according to the last census, 163,510 inhabitants (as of December 2008).

Geography, location

Arnavutköy located in the center of the European side of Istanbul and is bordered to the north by the Black Sea, to the south of the Sazlıdere Reservoir (Turkish Sazlıdere Baraj Gölü ), the İstanbul is supplied with water. It has extensive green areas, which serve as a recreation area of the city. In Istanbul there is another place called Arnavutköy; a neighborhood in the district of Beşiktaş also bears this name.

Neighborhoods in Arnavutköy

Arnavutköy in neighborhoods ( tük. Mahalle ) divided Adnan Menderes, Atatürk Anadolu, Bahşayış, Bogazköy, Bogazköy Ataturk, Bollcua, Cami, Çilingir, Deliklikaya, Dursunköy, Fatih, Hadımköy, Haraççı, Hastane, Hicret, İslambey, istasyon, İstiklal, Karlıbayır, Fevzi Cakmak Maresal, Mavigöl, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Merkez, Nakkas, Nenehatun, Ömerli, Sazlıbosna, Taşoluk, Yavuzselim, Yeşilbayır, Zafer.

Places in the district Arnavutköy

In addition to the city Arnavutköy to the district includes the villages of Baklalı, Balabanburun, Boyalık, Hacımaşlı, Karaburun, Tayakadın, Yeniköy and Yassıören.

History

Arnavutköy (Turkish: Arnavut = Albanians köy = village) in 1923, a predominantly Greek population. In this respect, the recent history is marked by the exchange of populations after 1923, which was settled in the Treaty of Lausanne. The formerly numerous living in Arnavutköy Greeks left Turkey. Another important role played by the main road to Edirne, mainly in the period of the Ottoman Empire an important link to Western Europe was formed and thus the development Arnavutköys certain. From this period also the name of the place.