Historic Areas of Istanbul

World Heritage

turkey

🎧 Listen to Introduction

Istanbul, strategically located on the Bosporus Peninsula, between the Balkans and Anatolia, bordering the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, has been a center of major political, religious and artistic activity for more than 2,000 years. Istanbul's masterpieces include the Hippodrome of Constantine, the 6th-century Hagia Sophia and the 16th-century Suleymaniye Mosque, but today these buildings are threatened by population pressure, industrial pollution and uncontrolled urbanization.

# Historical District

# Bosphorus Peninsula

# Hagia Sophia

# Suleiman Mosque

# Population pressure

# Industrial pollution

The construction of the Aqueduct of Valens began during the reign of the Roman emperor Constantius I...

The Porta Aurea (Golden Gate) of the walls of Constantinople was used by Byzantine emperors.[45]

Column of Constantine[17]

Originally a church, later a mosque, the 6th-century Hagia Sophia (532–537) by Byzantine emperor Jus...

Created in 1422 by Cristoforo Buondelmonti, this is the oldest surviving map of Constantinople

This large keystone might have belonged to a triumphal arch at the Forum of Constantine (present-day...

A view of Bankalar Caddesi (Banks Street) in the late 1920s. Completed in 1892, the Ottoman Central ...

Originally built by Constantine the Great in the 4th century and later rebuilt by Justinian the Grea...

Two aerial photos showing the Golden Horn and the Bosphorus, taken from a German zeppelin on 19 Marc...

Maiden's Tower and the Seraglio Point

Show more pictures

Poem of the heritage generated by AI

Start Generation

Intangible culture related to the heritage

China tourist attractions related to the heritage

World heritage related to the heritage

Show more related heritage

Information extracted from Wikidata

uses	4027821-9
start time	2019-04-17T00:00:00Z
start time	1923-10-29T00:00:00Z
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Istanbul2010.jpg
instance of	former capital
start time	2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
start time	1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body	Toronto
twinned administrative body	Sucre
twinned administrative body	Kabul
twinned administrative body	Kazan
twinned administrative body	Mülheim an der Ruhr
twinned administrative body	Lahore
twinned administrative body	Warsaw
twinned administrative body	Damascus
start time	1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body	Yeongsan River
twinned administrative body	Constanța
twinned administrative body	Johor Bahru
start time	1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body	Shimonoseki
twinned administrative body	Mogadishu
twinned administrative body	Barcelona
twinned administrative body	Sarajevo
twinned administrative body	Bucharest
twinned administrative body	Order of Poor Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools
twinned administrative body	Vienna
twinned administrative body	Busan
twinned administrative body	Isfahan
start time	1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body	London
twinned administrative body	Saint Petersburg
twinned administrative body	Rabat
twinned administrative body	Xi'an
twinned administrative body	Smolyan
twinned administrative body	Rio de Janeiro
twinned administrative body	Venice
twinned administrative body	Jakarta
twinned administrative body	Baku
twinned administrative body	Budapest
start time	1997-11-02T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body	Nur-Sultan
located in or next to body of water	Candelária
located in or next to body of water	Black Sea
located in or next to body of water	Bosporus
ISNI	0000 0001 2164 1665
locator map image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Latrans-Turkey%20location%20Istanbul.svg
executive body	Istanbul
archives at	Istanbul Province
FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)	000099
location of creation	Istanbul
U.S. National Archives Identifier	10044311
WOEID	2344116
official language	Ottoman Empire
official language	Istanbul Province
commemorative plaque image	Template:Istanbul
mapping relation type	exact match
named as	Istanbul
category for maps	Swartberg
category for the view of the item	Category:Views of Istanbul
BHCL UUID	d324ad83-c1a3-4035-b815-f9ea00d00299
GitHub topic	istanbul
Provenio UUID	f163222d-b439-48cc-bcfe-6eb8d7afd041
demographics of topic	demographics of Istanbul
IPA transcription	4162735
ground level 360 degree view	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Istanbul%20%2815896336182%29.jpg
industry	Istanbul
floruit	İstanbul+(città)
CIVICUS Monitor country entry	istanbul
number of rooms	lccn-n79034985
electorate	istanbul
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/09949m
postal code	34000–34990
Commons category	Istanbul
licence plate code	34
pronunciation audio	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Istanbul%20pronunciation.ogg
said to be the same as	Istanbul Province
sRGB color hex triplet	000099
inception	-0666-01-01T00:00:00Z
highest point	Aydos Hill
coordinate location	Point(28.960277777 41.01)
official website	http://www.ibb.istanbul/
Commons gallery	Istanbul
page banner	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Istanbul%20morning%20panorama%20banner.jpg
Dewey Decimal Classification	2--49618
topic's main Wikimedia portal	Portal:Istanbul
U.S. National Archives Identifier	10044311
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning	453918
WOEID	2344116
office held by head of government	Chile
capital of	Istanbul Province
partially coincident with	Istanbul
topic's main template	Template:Istanbul
category for people who died here	Category:Deaths in Istanbul
demonym	Istanbulano
demonym	Istanbuler
demonym	Istanbulite
native label	İstanbul
category of associated people	Category:People from Istanbul
elevation above sea level	100
area	5343
history of topic	history of Istanbul
Köppen climate classification	Godos
hashtag	Istanbul
geography of topic	Fujairah
collage image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Istanbul%20collage%205j.jpg
permanent duplicated item	Category:People from Augsburg
nighttime view	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Istanbul%20%2815896336182%29.jpg

start time	2004-04-01T00:00:00Z
end time	2017-09-22T00:00:00Z
head of government	Mevlüt Uysal
start time	2017-09-28T00:00:00Z
end time	2019-04-17T00:00:00Z
country	Ottoman Empire
start time	1453-06-07T00:00:00Z
end time	1923-10-29T00:00:00Z
country	Byzantine Empire
start time	0395-01-01T00:00:00Z
end time	1204-01-01T00:00:00Z
start time	1204-01-01T00:00:00Z
end time	1260-01-01T00:00:00Z
country	Roman Empire
start time	0330-01-01T00:00:00Z
end time	0395-01-01T00:00:00Z
country	Byzantine Empire
start time	1260-01-01T00:00:00Z
end time	1453-06-07T00:00:00Z
start time	1453-01-01T00:00:00Z
end time	1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
of	Ottoman Empire
instance of	largest city
start time	1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
instance of	big city
start time	0400-01-01T00:00:00Z
instance of	Dedza District
start time	-0700-01-01T00:00:00Z
instance of	metropolitan municipality in Turkey
start time	1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
located in the administrative territorial entity	Istanbul Province
start time	1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body	Berlin
start time	1989-11-17T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body	Amman
start time	1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Libris-URI	https://libris.kb.se/zw9cb0ch2j8z8qq
Libris-URI	zw9cb0ch2j8z8qq
member of	Creative Cities Network
start time	2017-01-01T00:00:00Z
subject has role	City of Design
local dialing code	212
applies to part	European Side
local dialing code	216
applies to part	hôtel Dodun
start time	1918-11-13T00:00:00Z
end time	1923-09-23T00:00:00Z
official website	https://www.ibb.istanbul/en
language of work or name	English
population	1533822
determination method	census
point in time	1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	991237
determination method	census
point in time	1940-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	883599
determination method	census
point in time	1935-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	14657434
point in time	2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	14377018
point in time	2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	1882092
determination method	census
point in time	1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	13854740
point in time	2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	12697164
point in time	2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	1078399
determination method	census
point in time	1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	14160467
point in time	2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	13255685
point in time	2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	4741890
determination method	census
point in time	1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	7309190
determination method	census
point in time	1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	13624240
point in time	2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	12573836
point in time	2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	3904588
determination method	census
point in time	1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	1166477
determination method	census
point in time	1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	2293823
determination method	census
point in time	1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	5842985
determination method	census
point in time	1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	806863
determination method	census
point in time	1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	10018735
determination method	census
point in time	2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	3019032
determination method	census
point in time	1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	15067724
determination method	Address Based Population Registration System
point in time	2018-01-01T00:00:00Z
population	12915158
point in time	2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
described by source	The Nuttall Encyclopædia
stated as	Istamboul
capital of	Ottoman Empire
start time	1453-01-01T00:00:00Z
end time	1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	Konstantinopolis
start time	-0666-01-01T00:00:00Z
end time	1930-03-28T00:00:00Z
official name	Константинополь
start time	-0666-01-01T00:00:00Z
end time	1930-03-28T00:00:00Z
official name	İstanbul
start time	1930-03-28T00:00:00Z
demonym	Stambouliote
applies to part	masculine singular
applies to part	feminine singular
Twitter username	istanbulbld
start time	2011-01-18T00:00:00Z
applies to jurisdiction	Istanbul
has quality	verified account
Twitter username	municipalityist
language of work or name	English
start time	2013-12-04T00:00:00Z
applies to jurisdiction	Istanbul
has quality	verified account
coextensive with	Istanbul Province
start time	2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
subreddit	istanbul
language of work or name	English
start time	2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
named as	Istanbul