Maltepe, Istanbul

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Maltepe is a district of the Turkish province of İstanbul as well as a district on the Asian side of İstanbul. According to the last census Maltepe had 417 605 inhabitants ( as of December 2008).

Culture and sights

Maltepe Maltepe houses the same center Mosque ( Turkish: Merkez Camii Maltepe ), which was renewed in the 2000s, according to the classical Ottoman architecture, which was the dominant architectural style for over two centuries with four tall minarets. Stylistically, it mediates between the architectural model of the Hagia Sophia and Suleymaniye Mosque. The mosque is located not far from the Sea of ​​Marmara and in the center of Maltepe on the famous Bagdad Street (Turkish Bağdat Caddesi ). The galleries of the Maltepe center mosque have wooden carved frame and there are several large tiled mosaics around the mosque. They show various important landmarks that have a meaning for Islam, such as the al -Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

Economy and infrastructure

The İstanbul city bus line E5 run daily along the highway otoyol 1 via the Bosphorus Bridge to the European part and Dolmuses to the docks in Kadıköy, where you can take a ferry either on the European side of Istanbul and Bursa.

Maltepe is a quiet area, in contrast to other parts of Istanbul city. The cityscape of Maltepe is characterized by four -to six- storey buildings. In Maltepe there are just as many modern settlements of İstanbul upper class, where security forces guarding the checkpoints of the settlements. The Gülsuyu quarter, however, is a gecekondu settlement, which was created in the 1970s by migration from rural areas of Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia.

Education

In Maltepe, the private, state-recognized Maltepe University is located (Turkish: Maltepe Üniversitesi ).