Yedikule

Yedikule is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 15,789. It is named after the seven-towered , which surrounds the neighborhood.
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  • Type: Suburb with 15,400 residents
  • Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Fatih, İstanbul–Europe, northwestern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Seven Towers” and “Yedicule”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yedikule Fortress and Kürkçübaşı Hacı Hüseyin Ağa Mosque.

Castle
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is a fortified historic structure located in the Yedikule neighbourhood of , in , . Built in 1458 on the commission of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, the seven-tower complex was created by adding three new towers and fully…

Mosque
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Mosque
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Samatya and Mevlanakapı.

Quarter
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is a quarter of the district of . It is located along the Marmara Sea, and borders to the west on the neighborhood of Yedikule.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Quarter
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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.

Yedikule

Latitude
40.99438° or 40° 59′ 40″ north
Longitude
28.92457° or 28° 55′ 28″ east
Population
15,400
Open location code
8GGCXWVF+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4999341452
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
737792
Wiki­data ID
Q5991829
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Uzbek—“Yedikule” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Йедикуле (квартал на Истанбул)”
  • Bulgarian: “Йедикуле”
  • Chechen: “Йедикуле”
  • Chinese: “耶迪库勒”
  • Chinese: “耶迪库莱”
  • Chinese: “耶迪庫勒”
  • French: “Yedikule”
  • Greek: “Γεντί Κουλέ”
  • Hungarian: “Yedikule”
  • Irish: “Yedikule”
  • Italian: “Yedikule”
  • Persian: “یدیکوله”
  • Romanian: “Edikule”
  • Turkish: “Yedikule”
  • Urdu: “یدیکلے”
  • Urdu: “یدیکولہ”
  • Uzbek: “Yedikule”
  • “Yedikule”

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