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Galatasaray Islet

The Galatasaray Islet is a small island on the Bosphorus strait off Kuruçeşme neighbourhood in , , owned by Galatasaray Sports Club. Being situated just north of the , it's only accessible to Galatasaray members and their guests.
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  • Type: Pier
  • Description: island in Turkey
  • Also known as: “Kuruçeşme Islet” and “Sarkis Bey Islet”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rolls-Royce Motor Cars and Bosphorus Bridge.

Car dealership
Photo: Y.Leclercq, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Limited is a British luxury automobile maker that has operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of BMW AG since 2003 – as the exclusive manufacturer of Rolls-Royce-branded motor cars. is situated 250 metres northwest of Galatasaray Islet.

Bridge
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The , known officially as the 15 July Martyrs Bridge and colloquially as the First Bridge, is the oldest and southernmost of the three suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus strait in , Turkey, thus connecting and . is situated 1½ km south of Galatasaray Islet.

Mosque
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
, formally the Büyük Mecidiye Camii in , , , is a mosque situated at the waterside of the pier square, one of the most popular locations on the Bosphorus. is situated 2 km southwest of Galatasaray Islet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kuruçeşme and Arnavutköy.

Suburb
Photo: Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 2,846. It is on the European side of the Bosphorus between the neighbourhoods of and .

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 3,574. It is renowned for its wooden Ottoman mansions and seafood restaurants, as well as for the campus of the prestigious with its historic buildings.

Suburb
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Beşiktaş, , . Its population is 9,121. It is on the shore of the Bosphorus.

Galatasaray Islet

Latitude
41.05984° or 41° 3′ 35″ north
Longitude
29.03957° or 29° 2′ 23″ east
Open location code
8GHF325Q+WR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 498879785
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­pier
Wiki­data ID
Q4811146
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Satellite Map

Discover Galatasaray Islet from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Galatasaray Islet” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة غلطة سراي”
  • Armenian: “Գալաթասարայ (կղզի)”
  • Armenian: “Գալաթասարայ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qalatasaray adası”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Galatasaray Adasi”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Galatasaray Adası”
  • Dutch: “Galatasaray Islet”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Galatasaray”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Galatasarayøya”
  • Russian: “Галатасарай”
  • Russian: “остров Галатасарай”
  • Spanish: “Islote Galatasaray”
  • Turkish: “Galatasaray Adası”
  • Turkish: “Kuruçeşme Adası”
  • Turkish: “Sarkis Bey Adacığı”
  • Ukrainian: “Галатасарай”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kuruçeşme Parkı and Tezkireci Osman Efendi Mosque.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Galatasaray Islet”. Photo: HalitBaris, CC BY-SA 4.0.