Mimarsinan

Mimarsinan is a suburb in , and has about 31,000 residents. Mimarsinan is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .
  • Type: Suburb with 31,000 residents
  • Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Büyükçekmece, İstanbul–Europe, northwestern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Kalikratya” and “Mimar Sinan Merkez”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque, Büyükçekmece and Büyükçekmece Dam.

Mosque
Photo: Maderibeyza, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque, also known as the Köprübaşı Mosque, is the ruin of a 16th-century Ottoman located in , Turkey. The ruin is situated in which is now a district of Istanbul, but would have been in the countryside at the time the mosque was built.

Dam
Photo: Maderibeyza, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a dam on the Lake Büyükçekmece in Büyükçekmece district of , . The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works, and was opened in 1988.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dizdariye and Türkoba.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the District, , . Its population is 6,987. It is home to many Ottoman-era structures.

Suburb
Photo: VOYAGER-USA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Mimarsinan.

Suburb
Photo: buzkozan, CC BY 3.0.
is a suburb, which is situated 5 km southeast of Mimarsinan.

Mimarsinan

Latitude
41.01609° or 41° 0′ 58″ north
Longitude
28.56044° or 28° 33′ 38″ east
Population
31,000
United Nations Location Code
TR MIM
Open location code
8GHC2H86+C5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8476230033
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
741529
Wiki­data ID
Q6073377
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Waray—“Mimarsinan” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Mimarsinan”
  • Catalan: “Mimarsinan”
  • Cebuano: “Mimarsinan”
  • Chechen: “Мимарсинан”
  • Czech: “Mimarsinan”
  • Danish: “Mimarsinan”
  • Dutch: “Mimarsinan”
  • Finnish: “Mimarsinan”
  • Galician: “Mimarsinan”
  • German: “Mimarsinan”
  • Greek: “Καλλικράτεια Ανατολικής Θράκης”
  • Irish: “Mimarsinan”
  • Italian: “Mimarsinan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mimarsinan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mimarsinan”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mimarsinan”
  • Polish: “Mimarsinan”
  • Portuguese: “Mimarsinan”
  • Romanian: “Mimarsinan”
  • Russian: “Мимарсинан”
  • Scots: “Mimarsinan”
  • Slovak: “Mimarsinan”
  • Slovenian: “Mimarsinan”
  • Spanish: “Mimarsinan”
  • Swahili: “Mimarsinan”
  • Swedish: “Mimarsinan”
  • Tagalog: “Mimarsinan”
  • Turkish: “Mimarsinan, Büyükçekmece”
  • Turkish: “Mimarsinan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mimarsinan”
  • “Mimarsinan”

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