Districts Of Istanbul

Beylikdüzü is located on the southwest of the European side of Istanbul, south of the E5 international highway, on the coast of the Marmara Sea.

Başakşehir is located on the northwest of the European side of Istanbul, north of the E80 international highway, near to the Istanbul Grand Airport.

Not just in Büyükçekmece, but also throughout Istanbul, Arel University is regarded as one of the most powerful universities. On the E5-highway, its campus in Sefaköy offers vocational education. The other campus in Tepekent, which is located to the west of Büyükçekmece Lake, is home to colleges, including the School of Applied Sciences and the School of Foreign Languages. It also has sports facilities, a theater, a large library, and 25 student-only housing villas.

The most notable are Al-Fayez International School, which uses both the Arabic and British curriculum, and Istanbul International School, which was founded a century ago and continues to thrive academically. Istanbul International School is a mixed-gender independent day school that offers a comprehensive international undergraduate curriculum for foreign students (non-Turkish passport holders) from pre-kindergarten (ages 3) to Grade 12 (18 years).

Aside from elementary, middle, and secondary schools, the region has a few Imam Hatip schools, such as Büyükçekmece Imam Hatip School for intermediate students.

Mimar Sinan Hospital is one of the major state hospitals not only in Büyükçekmece, but also in Istanbul. The hospital has a total area of 66 thousand square meters and serves the inhabitants of Büyükçekmece and the neighboring districts. It came in first place with the concept of "smart building." It has a total of 235 beds and 62 departments for various specializations.

Kulan Private Hospital is one of Büyükçekmece's most well-known private hospitals. This hospital is 5 floors up and has a total area of 6500 square meters. It offers numerous services utilizing cutting-edge medical technology and employs a trained medical team of 42 specialists in various specialties, including cosmetic, infant care, and physiotherapy.

The population of the Büyükçekmece region in 2021, according to the Turkish Statistics Authority, is 257,362 people living in an area of 161 km2.

Büyükçekmece is 40 kilometers from Istanbul's center, 60 kilometers from Taksim Square, and 50 kilometers from Istanbul's new airport, making it a somewhat distant area.

Today, buses and minibuses are the most common modes of transportation in Büyükçekmece. However, there are a number of public transportation choices that can reduce the time it takes to go to Büyükçekmece, including metrobuses, metros, and ferries.

Büyükçekmece has a unique location in the extreme west of Istanbul on the European side, facing the Marmara Sea with a 25-kilometer-long coastline, and overlooking Büyükçekmece Lake, one of Istanbul's largest lakes. Because of its distance from Istanbul's center, Büyükçekmece has become one of the areas that interest people who wish to live quietly, away from the noise and bustle of the city, and some even refer to it as the "City of Happiness." These factors have prompted major construction companies to launch many real estate projects and residential complexes in Büyükçekmece.

The ones with Mimar Sinan's signature are the most important. For instance:
1. Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque (Sokullu Mehmet Paşa Camii)
2. Süleyman the Magnificent Bridge (Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Köprüsü)
3. Süleyman the Magnificent Fountain (Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Çeşmesi)
4. Büyükçekmece Palace (Büyükçekmece Kervansarayı or Kurşunlu Han)

1. Büyükçekmece coast (Büyükçekmece sahili)
2. Albatros coast
3. Büyükçekmece Lake (Büyükçekmece Gölü)
4. Grand Aqua Marine city
5. Tepecik Çamlık Park (Çamlık Parkı)

It is located on the coastline of Marmara, on the European side of Istanbul, bordered by Başakşehir and separated from the Avcilar district of the Küçükçekmece Lake.

Küçükçekmece is one of Istanbul's contemporary neighborhoods that has expanded in a systematic manner in terms of new residential structures and their regular distribution. Its position on the Sea of Marmara, beautiful nature, availability of different amenities, and closeness to contemporary megaprojects such as the Istanbul Canal all led to a surge in investor interest in it, making it one of the prime locations to invest in Istanbul.

1. Yarımburgaz Cave (Yarımburgaz Mağarası)
2. Küçükçekmece Lake
3. Pine Tree Park (Halkalı Çamlık Piknik Alanı)
4. Mehmet Arsay Classic Car Museum (Mehmet Arsay Klasik Otomobil Müzesi)
5. Marmara Street (Marmara Caddesi)

It is located in Istanbul's European quarter and is flanked by Besiktas, Şişli, Eyup Sultan, Sarıyer, and Beyoğlu. It is regarded as one of Istanbul's oldest and most renewable regions.

The most important ones are Sadabad Mosque, Hasbahçe Park, Yıldız Palace, Dolmabahçe Sarayı Palace, Harbiye Military Museum, Kağithane Open Air Museum as well as Nurtepe Social Facilities.

The Kağıthane district has become one of Istanbul's real estate investment hubs due to its urban development and the adoption of large service projects like the Byala Pasha Tunnel and the metro project, as well as its strategic location near Istanbul's core and easy access to all locations.

It is situated on the European side of Istanbul, in the extreme west, and is close to Beylikdüzü and Esenyurt. Büyükçekmece, with a 25-kilometer shoreline, faces the Marmara Sea from the south. Arnavutköy is to the north.

• Başakşehir, located 15 kilometers from Ataturk Airport, is the major transit hub between the East and the West. Apart from its advantageous geographic location as the nearest to Istanbul's new airport.
• Proximity to 2 major exposition centers, both of which are built according to international standards, which are just 15 and 20 kilometers away in opposite directions.
• Located near Başakşehir, one of Turkey's most significant and largest development projects, the New Istanbul Canal Project.

As one of the world's top corporate hubs, Başakşehir has acquired the ability to quickly obtain economic value added from products and services. Başakşehir also is home to one of Turkey's biggest organized industrial zones, which employs 300,000 people. Başakşehir is a district near to the heart of Istanbul, and it is one of the world's most significant economic and commercial centers. Aside from its position close to the international route E80, also known as the Trans-European Motorway or TEM.

• The Başakşehir district is new, and all constructions and apartment complexes are designed to withstand earthquakes.
• Başakşehir also houses Istanbul's second-largest exhibition arena.
• Creative technology and innovation applications, with Başakşehir municipality being one of the municipalities that best uses information technologies today. It effectively offers numerous services to its inhabitants utilizing information technologies and executes initiatives to supply them, thanks to its technological infrastructure. An Internet infrastructure with a capacity of 100 Mbps has been installed.

The region's extraordinary population growth during the last three years reflects the region's urban and economic expansion. Başakşehir is known for its diverse social environment, which includes numerous shopping malls, theaters, cinemas, conference and celebration auditoriums, as well as facilities for people with disabilities, and its massive sports stadium, which is located within the Olympic area and is Turkey's largest sports stadium. The region has a young demographic structure, with people under the age of twenty accounting for 40% of the overall population. We have noticed a significant increase in the price per square meter of real estate in the Başakşehir region over the last five years as a result of the numerous advantages of this area.

Transportation to the region is provided by:
• TEM Highway
• Rail lines (tramways) that include the well-known Başakşehir metro, and intersect with the Olympic Maritime M9 metro (Ataköy - İkitelli Industrial - Olympiat), which has 12 stations and passes through five districts in the city, namely Bakırköy, Bahçelievler, Bağcılar, Küçükçekmece and Başakşehir.
• In addition, there is a bus service that runs through the area.

The metro line splits into two lines at the "İkitelli Sanayi" station; the first line links to the "Kant Metro" station, while the second line connects to the "Olympiat" region which is the closest to Kayaşehir. The Başakşehir metro line terminates at Kirazlı station, from where passengers may transfer for free to the Aksaray metro line, which will take them to the bus garage. Yenikapı station has a number of metro lines, the most significant of which are:
Marmaray: Transfer to the Asian side.
Othman Bey: Transfer to Taksim and other places.
Marmaray is one of the most important railway systems in Istanbul, serving the city's public transportation requirements to a far extent. The Marmara, which connects the European and Anatolian sides, has a total of 43 stops and a travel time of 115 minutes.

Not only was the final 9.1 km of the 7th segment (10.2 km long) finished between Habibler Junction and Hasdal Junction, but the North Marmara Highway was also enlarged by 45 km in the Nakash-Başakşehir sector, bringing the entire highway length to 443 km. President Erdogan detailed the action in his inaugural statement, stating, "We want to complete the newly additional portion and put it into operation as soon as feasible." This highway is critical for increasing the flow of people and commercial vehicles between two continents, as well as for urban mobility in Istanbul. This route, which has been merged with the TEM Highway and the Istanbul-Izmir Highway at various locations, will eventually join with the Kınalı-Tekirdağ-Çanakkale-Savaştepe Highway upon completion.

1. Al-Huda International Schools: It is dependent on teaching scientific topics in English and literary subjects in Arabic, with the ability to educate Turkish.
2. Al-Aqsa International Schools in Istanbul: American Curriculum. It is recognized as one of Istanbul's earliest schools, being founded in 2016/2017. It has advanced certification from the Turkish Ministry of Education and focuses on teaching the American curriculum (Macrohill) with a focus on the Arabic language, the Holy Quran, and Turkish language.
3. Jerusalem schools: The institution offers courses in Arabic, English, and Turkish.
4. Al-Awael International School: It follows a bilingual Lebanese curriculum, with scientific subjects taught in English and humanities taught in Arabic.

• Ibn Khaldun Private University.
• Başakşehir Academy of Arab Sciences:
It is focused on the post-secondary study of Islamic sciences, which is a specialized subject. It has significant relationships with Turkish authorities, the most prominent of which being the Presidency of Religious Affairs. It also has collaborations with the most important universities and foreign academic groups.

TÜRGEV established Ibn Khaldun University (IHU) as a constituent university. It first opened its doors in 2015. It consists of faculties of education, communication, humanities and social sciences, law and political science, as well as institutes of social and educational sciences. Ibn Khaldun University aspires to be recognized as a "research university" in Turkey and throughout the world for the quality of its education and research initiatives.

In addition to the major government hospitals in Istanbul and a variety of private hospitals, the Başakşehir area is home to 25 medical centers, the most notable of which are:
1. Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital: Which stands out as one of the clearest examples of Turkey's health-care success.
2. Başakşehir Governmental Hospital: The hospital houses all medical specialties and is equipped with cutting-edge technology and medical gadgets to offer people with the best possible care. It can accommodate one hundred people for therapy. The hospital has 17,219.40 square meters in size.
3. Bahçeşehir Medical Center: One of Bahçeşehir's most significant medical institutions, which opened in 2014 with an 873-square-meter footprint.

• It is made up of ten structures with a total closed area of 21,265 square meters and an open space of 789,31 square meters, as well as 3 airstrips.
• The Medical City takes its name from the life-giving pine tree (Çam in Turkish) and cherry blossom (Sakura in Japanese). As a result, a 15-acre area surrounding the Medical City was landscaped with a grove of pine and cherry trees.
• One of the most important characteristics of the medical city, aside from its closeness to Istanbul's two main international airports, is the presence of 3 airstrips, which, according to data, helped to facilitate the supply of medical services to 15,000 international patients.

• There are 2,682 beds in the medical city, including 456 intensive care beds and 2,226 service beds.
• A university campus with 8 hospitals, 53 clinics out of 83 clinics dedicated to branching studies, and roughly 150 academic members.
• Hospitals for pediatrics, gynecology and obstetrics, general hospitals, neurology, orthopedics, and oncology are all included, as well as a psychiatry hospital.
• It uses a high-tech cancer-fighting gadget called TomoTherapy Radixact. The gadget targets malignant cells and offers each patient with individualized radiation therapy.

• The opening of the first level B4 newborn unit at a public hospital, which was utilized to treat Sari Asina, who was delivered in the 27th week of pregnancy weighing 935 grams.
• The success of 17 kidney transplant operations so far.
• Since November 2020, approximately 10,000 individuals have been admitted to hospitals for treatment.
• 49,202 vaccines administered, including 22,434 Sinovac and 26,768 Piontek. • 15,000 international patients have received medical care.

Many shopping malls define Başakşehir, making it a popular destination for people from all around Istanbul. We will focus on the most significant of these centers:
1. Başak Bazaar exhibition area.
2. Mall of Istanbul
3. Amusement center in Mall of Istanbul (MOIPARK)
4. Deposite Outlet Center: the region's first outlet mall that has been open since 2008. It is located between Başakşehir, Ekiteli and Istoç. It features numerous new brands (Nike, Hummel, and Köfteci Yusuf).
5. Olympia Mall: Which includes everything the family requires, as well as a delivery service for customers.

It was created to bring the region's neighborhood markets together under one roof. A wide range of items, from food to textiles, are offered at various shops. This location is also set up as a venue for fairs, festivals, and other social gatherings. As a result, it is appropriate to refer to it as a shopping mall, yet offering a huge, roomy, and healthy retail environment, as well as restaurants, cafes, and movie theaters. The most essential feature, however, is that a green space has been constructed in the top roof portion, where visitors may relax underneath.

The Mall of Istanbul, Turkey's largest shopping, amusement and lifestyle center, has also been awarded as the 'Best Shopping Mall in the World' by the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). Since 2014, it has served numerous brands and has 350 local and foreign stores. In addition, the following activities are available:
- Cinemas with cutting-edge digital audio-visual systems.
- Restaurants and cafes.
- A 300-room hotel.
- Snow Park.
- Leisure zones.
- Moi Park indoor amusement park: With a total size of 12 thousand square meters and two levels, this is Turkey's first and biggest indoor entertainment city. For children aged 10 and above, there are playgrounds, swings, and games downstairs and for children aged 4 to 10 upstairs.

1. Başakşehir People’s Park
2. Fatih Terim Stadium
3. Hoşdere National Park: With an entire area of 142,400 square meters. It is centered around a mosque that is bordered on three sides by water. With a capacity of 2500 people, the mosque was created using architecture for the first time in Turkey.
4. Bahçeşehir Park: The garden's enormous artificial pond covers a total area of 26 thousand square meters. The Park has restaurants that overlook the pond, a golf course, picnic areas, and children's playgrounds.
5. Water Valley (sular bahçesi): It has a total area of 550 thousand square meters, with a green area of around 46 thousand square meters, and is known for its exquisite architecture and extensive hiking paths.
6. Yarımburgaz Cave: There are prehistoric discoveries in the cave that show the first indications of life. It was designated as a Grade 1 natural archaeological site in early 2001.

It is one of Europe's largest parks, with a total size of 360,000 square meters and a location adjacent to the main square in the area. An artificial pond, a thematic garden, numerous plants and trees, walking and cycling pathways, sports grounds, a reading center, and a cafeteria are among the features available in this park. Its well-coordinated garden, which covers an area of 30,000 square meters and boasts 24 different species of plants and flowers, provides a stunning view with vivid colors and a pleasant scent that pervades the region. Children may run, play, and fly kites on the 42,000-square-meter meadow.

Fatih Terim Stadium is located in Istanbul's northern outskirts, close to the Ataturk Olympic Stadium. The distance to Istanbul's core (such as Sultanahmet and Taksim Square) is around 25 kilometers. Because the stadium is close to the highway, it is easily accessible by vehicle. The stadium is less than 30 minutes' walk from Başakşehir MetroKent Station. On July 26, 2014, it was officially opened as a major sports center. It is home to Istanbul Başakşehir Football Club, with a capacity of 17,300 spectators. This massive stadium, which covers an area of 160,000 square meters, holds several matches throughout the year.

The most notable of these universities is the newly established Atlas University, which began its academic career in the academic year 2020-2021. It focuses mostly on medicine, in addition to Nişantaşı University, which focuses primarily on economics, administration, and social sciences.

- The Sudanese-Turkish Friendship School, one of the greatest Sudanese schools in the world.
- Abdul-Malik Al-Senussi Libyan School with a Libyan curriculum.
- The Saudi School in Istanbul with an Arabic-based curriculum.

The establishment of universities in Kağıthane is keeping with the area's current urban growth state, which has attracted many investors, and it will play a significant role in reviving the area and bringing more attention to it.

The Private Derindere Hospital, one of Kağıthane's major hospitals, the Private Levent Hospital, the Private Ibn Sina Gültepe Hospital, and the Kağıthane Governmental Hospital are the most significant.

Okmeydanı Private Hospital is Turkey's largest dental and oral health facility. It serves the city of Istanbul and the neighboring areas with oral and dental health services. There are additional services for patients who are intellectually impaired.

Many public and private hospitals as well as medical centers provide high-quality specialized medical care in Kağıthane such as Esha Surgical Medical Center, Hilal Medical Center, and Yeni Huzur Private Medical Center.

The metro, which operates three lines that link Kağıthane to other parts of Istanbul, is the most prominent mode of transportation in Kağıthane. The buses, which connect the metro, metrobus, and ferries, come next.

Kağıthane is located on the European side of Istanbul, barely 3 kilometers from the city center, and is regarded as one of the core districts. It is around 31 kilometers from the new Istanbul Airport.

Because of its proximity to Istanbul's center, only around 3 kilometers separates it from the city's core, it has traffic issues virtually every hour. Thus, when you consider traveling there, you should be aware of the finest and most convenient modes of transportation.

Sapphire Mall is the first 261-meter-long skyscraper in Turkey, and it is located in Kağıthane, Istanbul. It can be seen from almost anywhere in Istanbul, as it is a massive building containing residential complex as well as a shopping and entertainment hub located between the Maslak and Levent areas, which is one of Istanbul's most significant financial areas. It has 66 floors, with 10 of them underground. It takes use of natural light while adhering to the companies' high-quality specialized shopping standards.

The free transportation service for customers is one of the most important facets of this mall, which is available every day from 10:00 to 17:00. There are 110 stores and cinemas in the mall. On each floor, there are also prayer rooms for women and men, as well as indoor and outdoor parking, stroller service, child care space, and facilities for disabled guests.

Monday bazaar in the Çeliktepe neighborhood - Saturday bazaar in the Hurriyat neighborhood - Friday bazaar in the Gültepe neighborhood - Sunday bazaar in the Yahya Kamal neighborhood - Friday bazaar in the Gültepe neighborhood.

1- Dr. Sadik Ahmed Hospital.
2- Istanbul Hospital.
3- Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital
4- Dogan Dialysis Center.
5- Klinik Plus Dental Center.

One of its most distinguishing aspects is that it provides services, including free transportation, to patients with hepatitis C, B, and hepatitis-free patients in a clean atmosphere with skilled and qualified physicians, nurses, and staff in separate halls.

This hospital is a major center for the treatment of chest pain and cardiovascular surgery. Its mission is to develop a cardiac hospital that will be a national and worldwide center of excellence, as well as a real integrated model that combines a remarkable organizational structure and an exclusive group of students trained under the supervision of professionals in this field.

Istanbul Cerrahpaşa University, one of Turkey's and the world's greatest and most powerful universities, Istanbul Gelişim University, Al-Nahda International Schools, and Al-Manar International Schools are among the most significant universities in Istanbul.

The municipality's provision of services at all levels has aided urban growth in the Avcilar district, in addition to supporting the Istanbul Water Canal project, which is one of the region's greatest and most important developments, having contributed to the region's contemporary urban revolution and attracting investors from all over the globe to Istanbul.