Arnavutköy (meaning " Albanian village" in Turkish "Europäische Migranten sind verantwortlich für Ortsnamen wie Arnavutköy («Albanerdorf»)" ) is a municipality and

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of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 453 km², and its population is 326,452 (2022). It is located on the

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an side of Istanbul and borders the

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. Istanbul Airport is in the district. The mayor is Ahmet Haşim Baltacı of the

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. Arnavutköy borders

Çatalca Çatalca () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 1142 km2, making it the largest district in Istanbul Province by area. Its population is 77,468 (2022). It is in Eas ...

to the west, Büyükçekmece to the southwest, Esenyurt and Başakşehir to the south, and Eyüp to the east. Karaburun is a seaside resort on the Black Sea. In 2008 the district Arnavutköy was created from parts of the districts

and Gaziosmanpaşa. The urban part of the new district, 29 neighbourhoods, was established as a municipality. At the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, the rural part of the district was integrated into the municipality, the villages becoming neighbourhoods.

Composition

There are 38 neighbourhoods in Arnavutköy District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. * Adnan Menderes * Anadolu * Arnavutköy Merkez * Atatürk * Baklalı * Balaban * Boğazköy İstiklal * Bolluca * Boyalık * Çilingir * Deliklikaya * Dursunköy * Durusu * Fatih * Hacımaşlı * Hadımköy * Haraççı * Hastane * Hicret * İmrahor * İslambey * Karaburun * Karlıbayır * Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak * Mavigöl * Mehmet Akif Ersoy * Mustafa Kemal Paşa * Nene Hatun * Ömerli * Sazlıbosna * Taşoluk * Tayakadın * Terkos * Yassıören * Yavuz Selim * Yeniköy * Yeşilbayır * Yunus Emre

References

External links

Governorship of Arnavutköy
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey Districts of Istanbul Province Populated places in Istanbul Province {{Istanbul-geo-stub