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Sahrayıcedit
Sahrayicedit is a neighborhood in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is bordered to the northeast by the State road D.100 (Turkey), D.100 highway and the adjacent Ataşehir district, to the south by the :tr:19 Mayıs, Kadıköy, 19 Mayıs neighborhood of Kadıköy, and to the west by the Erenköy, Kadıköy, Erenköy and Merdivenköy, Kadıköy, Merdivenköy neighborhoods. The area was used for lime kilns until some time in the 19th century. At some point the :tr:Sahrayıcedid Mezarlığı, Sahrayıcedit Cemetery was established, the oldest gravestone currently surviving being from 1842. Also, at some point the area was opened to settlement, with the Sahrayıcedit Mosque being constructed in 1875. The name of the neighborhood means “new uninhabited area” or “new desert" and may have signified “a kind of desert surrounded by vineyards.” The population of the neighborhood was 30,259 in 2020. The neighborhood is mostly residential, with 14,188 residences, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erenköy, Kadıköy
Erenköy is a neighbourhood in the Kadıköy district inside of Istanbul, Turkey. The population of Erenköy is 34,684 (2023). The area is . The most significant street in the neighbourhood is the Ethem Efendi Avenue. In the neighbourhood, there is the Erenköy Girls High School, the only Single-sex education, girls school in Istanbul. In the is west is Göztepe, Kadıköy, Göztepe, in the south is Caddebostan, Kadıköy, Caddebostan and Suadiye, Kadıköy, Suadiye, and in the north is Sahrayıcedit, Kadıköy, Sahrayıcedit. Travel Bus lines that go to Erenköy: * ER1 Kadıköy - Erenköy bus * ER2 Kadıköy - Erenköy bus * 17 Kadıköy - Pendik bus * 252 Kartal - Mecidiyeköy bus * 2 Üsküdar - Bostancı bus Erenköy has a Train station, railway station on the Marmaray, the Erenköy railway station. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadıköy
Kadıköy () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district on the Asian side of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 25 km2, and its population is 467,919 (2023). It is a large and populous area in the Asian side of Istanbul, on the northern shore of the Sea of Marmara. It partially faces the historic city centre of Fatih on the European side of the Bosporus. It is bordered by the districts of Üsküdar, to the northwest, Ataşehir, to the northeast, and Maltepe, Istanbul, Maltepe, to the southeast. Kadıköy was known in classical antiquity and during the Roman Empire, Roman and Byzantine Empire, Byzantine eras as Chalcedon (). Chalcedon was known as the 'city of the blind'. The settlement has been under control of many empires, finally being taken by the Ottomans before the fall of Constantinople. At first, Chalcedon was Rural area, rural, but with time it Urbanization, urbanized. Kadıköy separated from the Üsküdar district in 1928. One o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merdivenköy, Kadıköy
Merdivenköy is a neighborhood ('':tr:mahalle, mahalle'') in the Kadıköy district, Istanbul. Its northern border is the State road D.100 (Turkey), D.100 highway, with the Üsküdar and Ataşehir districts on the other side. It borders the Kadıköy neighborhoods of Sahrayıcedit on the east and at the southeast corner, Erenköy, Kadıköy, Erenköy and Göztepe, Kadıköy, Göztepe on the south, :tr:Feneryolu, Feneryolu at the southwest corner, and :tr:Eğitim, Kadıköy, Eğitim and :tr:Dumlupınar, Kadıköy, Dumlupınar on the west. Its population is 31,214 (2020). Historic sites Historic sites include * the :tr:Şahkulu Sultan Tekkesi, Şahkulu Sultan Sufi lodge, Sufi Lodge, said to have been founded by Orhan, Orhan Gazi after 1329 * the grave of Gözcü Baba * the graves of Gül Baba and Mah Baba * the Merdivenköy Mihrimah Sultan (daughter of Suleiman I), Mihrimah Sultan Mosque, built in the 16th century by a daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent, Süleyman * the sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Böcekli Mosque
The Böcekli Mosque or Tüccarbaşı Böcekli Mosque is a mosque in the Tüccarbaşı area of Sahrayıcedit, Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey. Description The mosque was built in 1913 by a silkworm (Turkish: '' böcek'', literally, "bug") breeder named Fatma Zehra. The mosque is constructed of cut stone on a rectangular plan with a wooden dome-like ceiling over the central area and a single minaret. The interior is decorated with multicolored floral, vegetal, and geometric motifs. One of its calligraphic works is listed as stolen. The grave of Fatma Zehra is in the garden of the mosque. The Böcekli Mosque Fountain is an outlet of the Hamidiye water system. A cast-iron fountain A fountain, from the Latin "fons" ( genitive "fontis"), meaning source or spring, is a decorative reservoir used for discharging water. It is also a structure that jets water into the air for a decorative or dramatic effect. Fountains were o ... was installed west of the mosque (now on Sinan Street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics of Turkey, population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest cities in Europe and List of cities proper by population, in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of is coterminous with Istanbul Province. Istanbul's climate is Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean. The city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. Byzantium was founded on the Sarayburnu promontory by Greek colonisation, Greek col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west. Turkey is home to over 85 million people; most are ethnic Turkish people, Turks, while ethnic Kurds in Turkey, Kurds are the Minorities in Turkey, largest ethnic minority. Officially Secularism in Turkey, a secular state, Turkey has Islam in Turkey, a Muslim-majority population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city. Istanbul is its largest city and economic center. Other major cities include İzmir, Bursa, and Antalya. First inhabited by modern humans during the Late Paleolithic, present-day Turkey was home to List of ancient peoples of Anatolia, various ancient peoples. The Hattians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Road D
State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a state where the majority identify with a single nation (with shared culture or ethnic group) ** Constituent state, a political subdivision of a state ** Federated state, constituent states part of a federation *** U.S. state * State of nature, a concept within philosophy that describes the way humans acted before forming societies or civilizations State may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * '' State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * '' Our State'', a monthly magazine published in North Carolina and formerly called ''The State'' * The State (Larry Niven), a fictional future gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ataşehir
Ataşehir is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. Its area is 25 km2, and its population is 423,127 (2022). It is located at the junction of the Otoyol 2, O-2 and Otoyol 4, O-4 motorways on the Anatolian (Asian) side of Istanbul. Its neighbours are the districts of Ümraniye to the north, Sancaktepe to the northeast, Maltepe, Istanbul, Maltepe to the east, Kadıköy to the south and Üsküdar to the west. Since 2023, Ataşehir is home to the Istanbul Financial Center (IFC), where the new headquarters of the state-owned Turkish banks, such as the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Turkish Central Bank, Ziraat Bank, VakıfBank and Halkbank, are located. Until 2023, the headquarters of these banks were in Ankara. As of 2024, the tallest buildings in Ataşehir are the CBRT Tower, Turkish Central Bank Tower, which is followed by Metropol Istanbul Tower, Metropol Istanbul Tower A (70 floors / 301 metres including its twin spires). Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lime Kiln
A lime kiln is a kiln used for the calcination of limestone (calcium carbonate) to produce the form of lime called ''quicklime'' (calcium oxide). The chemical equation for this reaction is: CaCO3 + heat → CaO + CO2 This reaction can take place at anywhere above , but is generally considered to occur at (at which temperature the partial pressure of CO2 is 1 atmosphere), but a temperature around (at which temperature the partial pressure of CO2 is 3.8 atmospheres) is usually used to make the reaction proceed quickly.Parkes, G.D. and Mellor, J.W. (1939). ''Mellor's Modern Inorganic Chemistry'' London: Longmans, Green and Co. Excessive temperature is avoided because it produces unreactive, "dead-burned" lime. Slaked lime (calcium hydroxide) can be formed by mixing quicklime with water. History Pre-pottery Neolithic In plaster, proto-pottery, and mortar Because it is so readily made by heating limestone, lime must have been known from the earliest times, and all th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
