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Ataköy Gunpowder Mill
Ataköy Gunpowder Mill (Baruthane-i Âmire in Ottoman Turkish) is a historical complex that is located on Ataköy, Bakırköy Istanbul. It is administratively under Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, and is close to Bakırköy Sahil (Istanbul Metro). History After the fall of Constantinople Ottoman Turks had built some gunpowder mills in there. The first gunpowder mill in the Ottoman capital served in what was once hippodrome, Hippodrome of Constantinople until 1490. Then, due to safety it was decided to move the new gunpowder mill outside Constantinople, and it was built in Kağıthane, and operated until the end of Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire, Ibrahim I's reign. Another gunpowder mill was built in Şehremini, inside Constantinople but it and the surrounding area were destroyed by the explosion of stored gunpowder. Thus, it was for certain determined to build a gunpowder mill outside Constantinople, and select the garden of İskender Çelebi what is now in Bakırköy. In Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakırköy
Bakırköy is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district in the European part of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 29 km2, and its population is 226,685 (2022). Bakırköy lies between the State road D.100 (Turkey), D.100 highway (locally known as E-5) and the coast of the Sea of Marmara. Bakırköy houses a large Bakırköy Psychiatric Hospital, psychiatric hospital, and is an important shopping and commercial center. Geography Bakırköy, which was one of the largest districts of Istanbul with an area of 275 km² until 1989 and was bounded by Çatalca to the west, Eyüpsultan and Gaziosmanpaşa to the north, shrunk both in terms of population and area with the local elections of 1989 and 1992, first with the separation of Küçükçekmece and then Bahçelievler, Bağcılar and Güngören districts. Nowadays Bakırköy has a surface area of 29.22 km² with its new borders. While the average elevation is 20-30 meters throughout Bakırköy, this value rises to 70 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
