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Yenikapı

Yenikapı is a port and a quarter in , , in the metropolitan district of on the side of the Bosphorus, and along the southern shore of the city's historically central peninsula.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Myrelaion (Bodrum Mosque) and Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque.

Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bodrum Mosque in , , is a former Eastern Orthodox church converted into a by the Ottomans. The church was known under the Greek name of Myrelaion.

Mosque
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The , also known as the Aksaray Valide Mosque, is a grand Ottoman imperial mosque in , . It is located at the intersection of Ordu Street and Atatürk Boulevard in the Aksaray neighborhood beside the Pertevniyal High School which was also built by the order of Sultana Pertevniyal in 1872.

Metro station
Photo: Central Data Bank, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, referred to as Yenikapı, is an underground transportation complex in . It is located in south-central in the neighborhood of Yenikapı, hence the name of the hub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aksaray and Laleli.

Suburb
Photo: cosic4, CC BY 3.0.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 8,541. It is so named because it was founded by migrants from in central Turkey, brought here in the 15th century by Mehmet II to repopulate the city after its conquest.

Quarter
Photo: Kadı, CC BY 4.0.
is a neighbourhood of , , Turkey, lying between and . It is known for its large textile wholesaling business and is home to the Literature and Science Faculties of Istanbul University, designed by Sedad Hakkı Eldem and Emin Onat in the 1940s.

Quarter
Photo: Mister No, CC BY 3.0.
is a quarter in district of . It is located along the northern shore of Marmara Sea. Up to recent times, is the center of the Armenian community of the city, boasting a school and several churches.

Yenikapı

Latitude
41.00432° or 41° 0′ 16″ north
Longitude
28.95023° or 28° 57′ 1″ east
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
8GHC2X32+P3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7863036212
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
737687
Wiki­data ID
Q4824801
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Yenikapı” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “يني قابي”
  • Chinese: “耶尼卡普”
  • Chinese: “耶尼卡皮”
  • Dutch: “Yenikapı”
  • French: “Yenikapi”
  • Greek: “Γενί Καπί”
  • Irish: “Yenikapı”
  • Italian: “Yenikapı”
  • Japanese: “イェニカプ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yenikapi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yenikapı”
  • Norwegian: “Yenikapı”
  • Persian: “ینی‌کاپی”
  • Persian: “ینیکاپی”
  • Romanian: “Yenikapı”
  • Russian: “Еникапы”
  • Turkish: “Yenikapı, Fatih”
  • Turkish: “Yenikapı”
  • Ukrainian: “Єнікапи”
  • Uzbek: “Yenikapi”

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