Kireçburnu is a neighborhood of

Sarıyer Sarıyer () is the northernmost district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European side of the city. It consists of the neighbourhoods of Rumelifeneri, Tarabya, Yeniköy, İstinye, Emirgan and Rumelihisarı. Sarıyer also administers the Black Sea c ...

district in

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, Turkey. It is located on the northern shore of

Bosphorus The Bosporus Strait (; grc, Βόσπορος ; tr, İstanbul Boğazı 'Istanbul strait', colloquially ''Boğaz'') or Bosphorus Strait is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul in northwestern Tu ...

at European side.Map page
/ref> Siteated at about , It is to the north of İstanbul centrum with a distance over . During the

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...

era Kireçburnu was a village named ''Kleidai tou Pontou''. During the construction of Rumeli Castle by the Ottoman Sultan

Mehmet II Mehmed II ( ota, محمد ثانى, translit=Meḥmed-i s̱ānī; tr, II. Mehmed, ; 30 March 14323 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror ( ota, ابو الفتح, Ebū'l-fetḥ, lit=the Father of Conquest, links=no; tr, Fâtih Su ...

, the limekilns in the village were used as the construction material of the castle.İstanbul guide
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for lime is ''kireç'' and for cape is ''burun''; eventually the village was called Kireçburnu. As the urban fabric of İstanbul expanded Kireçburnu became a neighborhood of the city. Kireçburnu is bordered by

Tarabya Tarabya ( ota, Tarabiye, el, Θεραπειά, translit=Therapiá) is a neighbourhood in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is located on the European shoreline of the Bosphorus strait, between the neighbourhoods of Yeniköy, Istanbul, ...

in the south. The neighborhood is well known for its fish food restaurants.

Sports

The local sports club Kireçburnu Spor is active in football only. Its women's team was promoted from the Second League to the

Turkish Women's First Football League The Turkish Women's Football Super League ( tr, Kadınlar Süper Ligi), formerly the First Women's Football League (also known as the ''Turkcell Women's Football Super League'' for sponsorship reasons), is the top level women's football league of ...

for the 2015–16 season.

Transport

Kireçburnu is served by following city line buses: * 25A – Rumeli Kavağı – Hacıosman Metro * 25E –

– Kabataş * 25Y – Hacıosman Metro -Sarıyer – Yunus Emre – Uyum Sitesi* * 40 –

Rumelifeneri Rumelifeneri (named after the lighthouse Rumeli Feneri) is a village in İstanbul Province, Turkey. Geography Rumelifeneri is in Sarıyer intracity district of Istanbul Province. At it is a coastal village located at the extreme northwest (i. ...

– Garipçe – Taksim * 40B – Sarıyer –

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and ...

* 42T – Bahçeköy – Taksim

References

External links

* Sarıyer Bosphorus Quarters in Istanbul {{Istanbul-geo-stub