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Sirkeci () is a neighborhood in the Eminönü quarter of the Fatih district in Istanbul, Turkey. The neighborhood borders to the north the mouth of the Golden Horn, to the west the neighborhood of Bahçekapı, to the east the Topkapı Palace area, and to the south the Cağaloğlu neighborhood. It hosts the Sirkeci railway station, the easternmost terminus of the Orient Express, a historic long-distance passenger train service in Europe that operated between Paris and Istanbul in the period between 1883 and 2009.
The neighborhood consists mostly of commerce, commercial and tourist-oriented buildings. A combination of small shops, hans (larger workshops) and offices intermingle with boutique hotels, traditional Turkish restaurants, Turkish and foreign-language bookstores, and tourist offices.
In the Byzantine Empire, Byzantine period, the area was known as Prosphorion Harbour, Prosphorion ( grc, Προσφόριον).Müller-Wiener (1977), p. 57
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* Eminönü
* Sirkeci Terminal
* Marmaray
* Istanbul Metro
* Istanbul Main Post Office, Grand Post Office
* Istanbul Postal Museum
Sirkeci () is a neighborhood in the Eminönü quarter of the Fatih district in Istanbul, Turkey. The neighborhood borders to the north the mouth of the Golden Horn, to the west the neighborhood of Bahçekapı, to the east the Topkapı Palace area, and to the south the Cağaloğlu neighborhood. It hosts the Sirkeci railway station, the easternmost terminus of the Orient Express, a historic long-distance passenger train service in Europe that operated between Paris and Istanbul in the period between 1883 and 2009.
The neighborhood consists mostly of commerce, commercial and tourist-oriented buildings. A combination of small shops, hans (larger workshops) and offices intermingle with boutique hotels, traditional Turkish restaurants, Turkish and foreign-language bookstores, and tourist offices.
In the Byzantine Empire, Byzantine period, the area was known as Prosphorion Harbour, Prosphorion ( grc, Προσφόριον).Müller-Wiener (1977), p. 57
Accommodation
In recent years, Sirkeci has become one of the major hotel neighborhoods in the Constantinople, historical peninsula of Istanbul. With its unique location between the Beyoğlu district and Sultanahmet Square, Sultanahmet quarter, Sirkeci hosts many hotels with reasonable pricing options and availability.Transportation
Famous for its Sirkeci railway station, railway station which was the eastern train station#Terminus, terminus of the Orient Express, Sirkeci remains one of the main travel hubs for Istanbul, connecting suburban train, tram and ferry systems. The Sirkeci Station of the Turkish State Railways is the terminating node of the European railway network leading into Istanbul from Bucharest, Romania. Sirkeci is a station on the Marmaray, Marmaray railway line running between Gebze and Halkalı railway station, Halkalı, and connecting the European and Asian sides of Istanbul via a tunnel under the Bosphorus.See also
* Eminönü
* Sirkeci Terminal
* Marmaray
* Istanbul Metro
* Istanbul Main Post Office, Grand Post Office
* Istanbul Postal Museum
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Fatih Golden Horn Quarters in Istanbul {{Istanbul-geo-stub