Kazlıçeşme is a neighbourhood () in the municipality and district of

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. Its population is 4,844 (2022). Chartered in 1957, it is the least populous neighborhood of Zeytinburnu. The locality took its name from the historic fountain () with a relief goose () figure below the fountain's inscription, which dates it back to

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AH 953 (AD 1537). Stretching between

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district in the southwest and

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district in the northeast, where it borders to the historic

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, the area covers the entire coast line of Zeytinburnu at the

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. The long shoreline road

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connecting

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with

runs through Kazlıçeşme.

History

Kazlıçeşme was assigned for

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and

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by a decret of Ottoman sultan

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(reigned 1444–46 and 1451–81) soon after the

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in 1453. Kazlıçeşme was chosen as a place outside the city walls due to the very bad smell produced by ancient tanneries. There were 360 tanneries and 33 butcheries in Kazlıçeşme at a time. The tanneries and the factories of leatherware industry in the area moved in 1993, to a modern industrial zone in

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district on the Asian of Istanbul established for that special purpose. After all the leather industry left Kazlıçeşme, the old factory buildings were demolished, and the area became a big public space, which is used today for political and social activity rallies.

Places of interest

Some of the historic religious buildings in Kazlıçeşme are Kazlıçeşme Fatih Mosque, which is ascribed to Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror and considered so as one of the first two mosques built by Turks in Istanbul, Eriklibaba Tekke and Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha Masjid. The multi-purpose indoor venue

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, demolished in 2018, was situated here. Kazlıçeşme is also the place, where historic buildings of the

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communities, such as the Balıklı Greek Hospital and Yedikule Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital, are found.

Transports

The railway station of Kazlıçeşme, which served the Sirkeci-Halkalı commuter rail line was taken out of service on March 1, 2013 in the frame of improvement works for the

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project. With the opening of Marmaray's first stage on October 29, 2013, Kazlıçeşme railway station became the provisory western terminus of the line, which starts at Ayrılıkçeşmesi on the Asiatic part of Istanbul and crosses the

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undersea. Established in 1999, the Port of Zeytinburnu (aka Zeyport) has five piers with a total of long quay, and is able to serve ten vessels up to 3,900

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each simultaneously. In the 2000s, the international port was frequently used by

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n and Ukrainian tourists.

Population

The population of Kazlıçeşme in its close timeline is shown in the list below.

References

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