Districts
39 locations
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Adalar, İstanbul
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Bakırköy, İstanbul
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Beşiktaş, İstanbul
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Beykoz, İstanbul
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Beyoğlu, İstanbul
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Çatalca, İstanbul
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Eyüp, İstanbul
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Fatih, İstanbul
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Gaziosmanpaşa, İstanbul
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Kadıköy, İstanbul
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Kartal, İstanbul
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Sarıyer, İstanbul
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Silivri, İstanbul
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Şile, İstanbul
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Şişli, İstanbul
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Üsküdar, İstanbul
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Zeytinburnu, İstanbul
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Büyükçekmece, İstanbul
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Kağıthane, İstanbul
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Küçükçekmece, İstanbul
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Pendik, İstanbul
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Ümraniye, İstanbul
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Bayrampaşa, İstanbul
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Avcılar, İstanbul
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Bağcılar, İstanbul
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Bahçelievler, İstanbul
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Güngören, İstanbul
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Maltepe, İstanbul
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Sultanbeyli, İstanbul
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Tuzla, İstanbul
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Esenler, İstanbul
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Arnavutköy, İstanbul
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Ataşehir, İstanbul
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Başakşehir, İstanbul
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Beylikdüzü, İstanbul
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Çekmeköy, İstanbul
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Esenyurt, İstanbul
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Sancaktepe, İstanbul
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Sultangazi, İstanbul
İstanbul is a province in Türkiye's Marmara region. Its capital and districts form a living geography where settlement, transport and agriculture intersect.
Plains, mountains, rivers and coasts around İstanbul shape both daily life and the regional economy. WorldGuide provides encyclopedic tabs at province level.
İstanbul belongs to one of Türkiye's most dynamic industrial and tourism regions.
İstanbul stands out for multicultural urban life and Ottoman-Turkish urbanness. Local crafts, wedding customs, folk music and table etiquette vary richly across districts.
Mosques, shrines and bazaar fabric together with museums and festivals keep İstanbul's culture alive.
Hospitality and neighbourly ties in İstanbul are part of Anatolia's deep social fabric.
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1İstanbul bears traces of Byzantine and Ottoman capital geography. Archaeological mounds and written sources reveal settlement layers from different eras.
From the Ottoman era to the Republic, administrative reform, agriculture and transport shaped İstanbul. Today's district centers reflect this continuity.
See district history tabs for more local detail.