Lake Büyükçekmece
Lake Büyükçekmece is a liman formed at the point where the river Karasudere flows into the Marmara Sea. The lake is located south of the Çatalca district, west of Istanbul, Turkey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake in Istanbul Province, Turkey
- Also known as: “Buyukcekmece” and “Buyukcekmece Golu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque, Büyükçekmece and Atirus Shopping Center.
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque, Büyükçekmece
Mosque
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The Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque, also known as the Köprübaşı Mosque, is the ruin of a 16th-century Ottoman mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. The ruin is situated in Büyükçekmece which is now a district of Istanbul, but would have been in the countryside at the time the mosque was built.
Atirus Shopping Center
Shopping center
Atirus Shopping Center, opened on December 17, 2005, is a modern shopping mall located in the suburban district of Büyükçekmece in Istanbul, Turkey. It is named after the location, which was called Atirus in the ancient times.
Büyükçekmece Dam
Dam
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Büyükçekmece Dam is a dam on the Lake Büyükçekmece in Büyükçekmece district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. 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.
Dizdariye
Suburb
Dizdariye is a neighborhood in the Büyükçekmece District, Istanbul, Turkey. Its population is 6,987. It is home to many Ottoman-era structures. Dizdariye is bordered on the north by Lake Büyükçekmece, on the east by the 19 Mayıs neighborhood, on the south by the Fatih neighborhood, and on the east by Lake Büyükçekmece.
Türkoba
Suburb
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Türkoba is a suburb, which is situated 4 km west of Lake Büyükçekmece.
Lake Büyükçekmece
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Büyükçekmece from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Lake Büyükçekmece” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Büyükçekmece Barajı”
- Chinese: “大切克梅傑湖”
- Chinese: “大切克梅杰湖”
- Chinese: “比于克切克梅傑湖”
- French: “lac Büyükçekmece”
- French: “Lac Büyükçekmece”
- German: “Büyükçekmece Gölü”
- German: “Büyükçekmece-See”
- German: “Büyükçekmecesee”
- Italian: “Büyükçekmece Gölü”
- Italian: “Lago di Büyükçekmece”
- Japanese: “ビュユクチェクメジェ湖”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Büyükçekmece Gölü”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Büyükçekmecesjøen”
- Russian: “Бююкчекмедже”
- Turkish: “Büyük Çekmece Gölü”
- Turkish: “Büyükçekmece gölü”
- Turkish: “Büyükçekmece Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Бююкчекмедже (озеро)”
- Ukrainian: “Бююкчекмедже”
- Venetian: “lago de Büyükçekmece”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Büyükçekmece”
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