Uskumruköy (literally mackerel village) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

Sarıyer Sarıyer () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 177 km2 and its population is 350,454 (2022). It is on the northeastern part of Istanbul's European side. Sarıyer al ...

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. Its population is 9,864 (2022). It is situated to the north of

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which is one of the most popular excursion areas of

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citizens. It is west of Sarıyer centre and a suburb of Greater Istanbul. Uskumruköy is an old village and the ruins of an observation tower around the village was probably built by

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in the Middle Ages. During

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era the village was a gathering place of the army prior to campaigns to west. The economy of the village used to depend on cattle breeding and woodchopping. But at the present, most of the village area was bought by the construction companies and modern houses for Istanbul residents are being built. According to muhtar there are about 2500 villas in the village area. On the other hand, new European quarters of Istanbul are planned to be built in a vast area which covers Uskumruköy.Hürriyet Newspaper article
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