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İskenderpaşa

Coordinates: 41°0′52″N 28°56′56″E / 41.01444°N 28.94889°E / 41.01444; 28.94889
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İskenderpaşa
Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque
İskenderpaşa is located in Turkey
İskenderpaşa
İskenderpaşa
Location in Turkey
İskenderpaşa is located in Istanbul
İskenderpaşa
İskenderpaşa
İskenderpaşa (Istanbul)
Coordinates: 41°0′52″N 28°56′56″E / 41.01444°N 28.94889°E / 41.01444; 28.94889
CountryTurkey
ProvinceIstanbul
DistrictFatih
Population
 (2022)
12,024
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Horhor Fountain
Aksaray Metro Station
Kıztaşı

İskenderpaşa is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 12,024 (2022).[2] It is in the European part of Istanbul. It is considered one of the most visited areas of Istanbul, as it is located near the shopping center of the city.

Sites

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  • Historia Shopping and Life Center: an indoor shopping center with a fountain, a variety of shops, restaurants, a cinema and a food court.[3]
  • Kıztaşı(Maidenstone): located in the middle of a small square in Fatih district, the structure consists of an 8.75 m high column erected in two pieces of red-gray Egyptian marble brought from Aswan (Syene) and a 2.35 m high quadrilateral pedestal.
  • Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque: a grand Ottoman imperial mosque built by Pertevniyal Valide Sultan, the wife of Sultan Mahmut II and the mother of Sultan Abdulaziz.
  • Saraçhane Archaeological Park: the artifacts displayed in the Sarachkhane Archaeological Park were discovered during the excavation of a new boulevard, the construction of which began on the orders of the then Prime Minister Adnan Menderes in the late 1950s.[4]

Metro

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Aksaray Metro Station is an underground metro station located on Adnan Menderes Boulevard (Vatan Caddesi) in the İskenderpaşa district of Fatih. It commissioned on September 3, 1989.[5] The station is one of the first modern metro stations in Istanbul.[6]

Metro station is located on the M1A (Yenikapi — Ataturk Airport) and M1B (Yenikapi — Kirazli) lines of the Istanbul Metro.

References

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  1. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Historia Alışveriş ve Yaşam Merkezi". www.historia.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  4. ^ Arkeofili (2018-10-19). "Saraçhane Arkeoloji Parkı'ndaki Eserler Bank Olarak Kullanılıyor". Arkeofili (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  5. ^ "Yenikapı-Kirazlı Metro Hattı". www.metro.istanbul. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  6. ^ "Genel Tanıtım Katalogu 2021" (PDF). Metro Istanbul. 2 February 2022.