Büyükçekmece
Büyükçekmece, historically Athyras, is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 173 km2, and its population is 277,181. It is on the Sea of Marmara coast of the European side, west of the city.
- Type: Town with 237,000 residents
- Description: district of İstanbul, northwestern Turkey
- Also known as: “Bueyuekcekmece”, “Büyüçekmece”, “Buyuk Chekmejeh”, “Buyukcekmece”, “Buyukçekmece”, “Buyükcekmece”, “Buyükçekmece”, “Büyükcekmece”, “Büyükçekmece (distritu)”, “Büyükçekmece ilçesi”, “Esenyurt”, “Бјујукчекмеџе”, “Буюк чекмедже”, “Бюуюкчекмедже”, “Бююк чекмедже”, “ビュユクチェクメジェ”, “ブユクチェキメジェ”, “比于克切克梅杰”, and “比於克切克梅傑”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque, Büyükçekmece and TV tower Endem.
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque, Büyükçekmece
Mosque
TV tower Endem
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beylikduzu and Adnan Kahveci.
Beylikduzu
Town
Büyükçekmece
- Categories: municipality of Turkey, district of Turkey, and locality
- Location: Büyükçekmece Bucağı, Büyükçekmece, Istanbul, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.0217° or 41° 1′ 18″ north
Longitude
28.5798° or 28° 34′ 47″ east
Population
237,000
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
UN/LOCODE
TR BCE
Open location code
8GHC2HCH+MW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Mari—“Büyükçekmece” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيوك جكمجة”
- Armenian: “Բյույուքչեքմեջե”
- Asturian: “Büyükçekmece”
- Azerbaijani: “Böyükçəkməcə”
- Bashkir: “Бөйөкчекмедже”
- Bulgarian: “Бююкчекмедже”
- Catalan: “Büyükçekmece”
- Cebuano: “Büyükçekmece”
- Chechen: “Буьйуькчекмедже”
- Chinese: “大切克梅傑”
- Chinese: “大切克梅杰”
- Dimli (individual language): “Büyükçekmece”
- Dutch: “Büyükçekmece”
- French: “Büyükçekmece”
- Georgian: “ბიუიუქჩექმეჯე”
- German: “Büyükçekmece”
- Greek: “Μπουγιουκτσεκμετζέ”
- Greek: “Μπουγιούκτσεκμετζε”
- Hungarian: “Büyükçekmece”
- Irish: “Büyükçekmece”
- Italian: “Büyükçekmece”
- Japanese: “ブユクツェクメツェ”
- Kurdish: “Büyükçekmece”
- Latvian: “Bījīkčekmedžes rajons”
- Lithuanian: “Biujukčekmedžė”
- Malay: “Büyükçekmece”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Büyükçekmece”
- Minangkabau: “Büyükçekmece”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Büyükçekmece”
- Norwegian: “Büyükçekmece”
- Persian: “بویوکچکمجه”
- Polish: “Büyükçekmece”
- Portuguese: “Büyükçekmece”
- Romanian: “Büyükçekmece”
- Russian: “Буеюекджекмедже”
- Russian: “Бююкчекмедже”
- Scots: “Büyükçekmece”
- Serbian: “Bujukčekmedže”
- Serbian: “Бујукчекмеџе”
- South Azerbaijani: “بؤیوک چکمجه”
- Spanish: “Büyükçekmece”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Büyükçekmece”
- Swahili: “Büyükçekmece”
- Tatar: “Бүүкчекмедже”
- Turkish: “Büyükçekmece”
- Ukrainian: “Бююкчекмедже”
- Urdu: “بویوک چکمہجے”
- Vietnamese: “Büyükçekmece”
- Western Mari: “Бӱйӱкчекмедже”
- “Büyükçekmece”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Dizdariye and 19 Mayıs.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Büyükçekmece Merkez Camii and Eski Hamam.
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