Zeytinburnu

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Zeytinburnu is the capital of the district of the Turkish province of Istanbul as well as a district on the European side of Istanbul. Zeytinburnu had according to the last census, 288 058 inhabitants (as at end December 2008).

Geography

The name Zeytinburnu is called the German literally translates olive nose, but Burun in Turkish is also available for headland. The name comes most probably from the former olive plantations in this area and from a place of the Marmara Sea headland, which is on the field Zeytinburnus.

Zeytinburnu has 284 814 inhabitants and an area of 12 km ². The district is divided into 13 districts. In Zeytinburnu, there are a total of 970 streets. In the east borders the district of Fatih, on the north by Bayrampaşa, on the west by Güngören and Bakırkoy and on the south by the Sea of ​​Marmara. The German company Hoechst and Mercedes Benz maintain manufacturing plants in Zeytinburnu.

Since Zeytinburnu, according to experts opinions in the case of a large earthquake is one of the most threatened parts of the city of Istanbul, the city administration İstanbul decided according to the announcement dated 18 August 2005 to demolish the 16,000 buildings of the neighborhood, 2,295 residential and 2,893 commercial buildings and replace them with earthquake -proof buildings.

History

The first settlement in Zeytinburnu was founded by a sect, called the Jerusalem priests, shortly after the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks. After that, Zeytinburnu developed into a recreational area of the population of Constantinople. The place was a favorite even with the Sultans relaxation destination, so came to the coast of which many holiday homes and villas. About 150 years ago, Zeytinburnu developed into a center of the leather- manufacturing industry. This was followed then in 1927 the textile industry. The creation of jobs through the leather and textile industry led to a rapid rise in population of the place. This development meant that the place is transformed from a destination in a working-class neighborhood with large social problems and tensions. Prior to 1953, the East Zeytinburnus the Fatih district and the West to the district Bakırkoy belonged. From 1953 Zeytinburnu belonged only to Fatih until then the 14th district of Istanbul on September 1, 1957.

The football club, founded in 1953 Zeytinburnuspor played until 1997 in the first league, but is now relegated to the third division.

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

Demographics

The annual population growth rate is an average of around 4 %. This increase in population is due to the large exodus of Turkey, but also from immigration mainly from Kazakhstan, Turkmen Istan, Afghanistan and Greece ( Western Thrace ) ago.

Attractions

  • Byzantine land walls
  • Yenikapı Mevlevihanesi
  • Kazlicesme historical fountain
  • Erikli Baba tomb
  • Seyit Nizam mosque and tomb
  • Merkezefendi mosque and tomb
  • Derya -i Ali Baba tomb
  • Obelisk
  • Olivium shopping center
  • Zoohodos Piyi church in which several Orthodox patriarchs were buried

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