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Bursa
Canakkale
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Tekirdag
Yalova
Istanbul
Aegean Region
Afyon
Aydin
Denizli
Kutahya
Manisa
Mugla
Usak
Izmir
Black Sea Region
Amasya
Artvin
Bartin
Bayburt
Bolu
Cankiri
Duzce
Giresun
Gumushane
Karabuk
Kastamonu
Ordu
Rize
Samsun
Sinop
Tokat
Trabzon
Zonguldak
The Mediterranean
Adana
Antalya
Burdur
Hatay
Isparta
Kahramanmaras
Osmaniye
Icel
Central Anatolia
Aksaray
Ankara
Corum
Eskisehir
Karaman
Kayseri
Konya
Kirikkale
Kirsehir
Nevsehir
Nigde
Sivas
Yozgat
East Anatolia
Agri
Ardahan
Bingol
Bitlis
Elazig
Erzincan
Erzurum
Hakkari
Igdir
Kars
Malatya
Mus
Tunceli
Van
South East Anatolia
Adiyaman
Batman
Diyarbakir
Gaziantep
Kilis
Mardin
Sanliurfa
Siirt
Sirnak
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Istanbul
AREA: 5.712 km²
POPULATION: 7.309.190 (1990)
TRAFFIC CODE: 34
DISTRICTS: Adalar, Bakırköy,
Beşiktaş, Beykoz, Beyoğlu, Eminönü, Eyüb, Fatih, Gazi Osman Paşa,
Kadıköy, Kâğıthane, Kartal,Küçükçekmece, Pendik, Sarıyer, Şişli,
Ümraniye, Üsküdar, Zeytinburnu, Büyükçekmece, Çatalca, Silivri, Şile,
Avcılar, Bağcılar, Bahçelievler, Bayrampaşa, Esenler, Güngören, Maltepe,
Sultanbeyli, Tuzla,
SITES OF INTEREST: Silivri,
Kumburgaz, İstanbul, Kumköy (Kilyos), Şile, Prince Islands, Belgrad
Forest, Abrahan Pasha Grove, Emirgân Grove, Yıldız Park, Çamlıca Hill
and Gülhane Park, Tuzla mineral springs, İstanbul city walls,
Bozdoğan (Valens), aquaduct, Binbirdirek and Yerebatan Cicterns,
Ayasofya, Aya İrini, former church Bodrum, Fenari İsa, Fethiye, İmrahor,
Kalenderhane, Kariye, Yeni İmaret and Zeyrek mosques, Bukoleon and
Tekfur Palaces, Çemberlitaş, Dikilitaş, Yılanlı Sütun, Kıztaşı, Maiden
Tower, Galata Tower, Fatih, Bayezid, Sultan Selim, Haseki Hürrem Sultan,
Süleymaniye, Sokullu Mehmed Pasha, Kılıç Ali Pasha, Yeni Cami, Şemsi
Pasha, Sultan Ahmed, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Çorlulu Ali Pasha, Amcazade
Hüseyin Pasha, Laleli and Damat İbrahim Pasha mosque complexes, Rüstem
Pasha and Gazanfer Ağa old theological schools (medrese) Anadolu and
Rumeli Fortresses, Mağlova Arch, Ahmed III and German Fountains,
Topkapı, Dolmabahçe, Beylerbeyi, Çırağan and Yıldız Palaces, Şale, Malta
and Çadır Pavillions, Aynalıkavak, Küçüksu (Göksu), Tophane and
Ihlamur mansions, Eyüb Sultan, Firuz Ağa, Sinan Pasha, Nuriosmaniye,
Beylerbeyi, Selimiye, Musretiye, Dolmabahçe, Ortaköy, Pertevniyan Valide
Sultan and Cerrah Pasha mosques, Covered Bazaar, Egyptian Bazaar,
Simkeşhane, Büyük Valide, Balkapanı, Vezir, Cebeci and Çuhaci Inns,
Silivri, Büyükçekmece, Küçükçekmece, Çobançeşme, Haramidere and Bostancı
bridges, Dolmabahçe Clock Tower, Köprülü, Süleymaniye, Nuruosmaniye and
Municipality Libraries, İstanbul Archeology, İstanbul Topkapı Palace,
İstanbul Turkish and Islamıc Works, Ottoman Classical (Divan) Literature,
İstanbul Art and Sculpture, Arasta Mozaic, Ayasofya, Yerebatan Palace,
Turkish Caligraphic Arts, Military, Navy Tanzimat, Aşihan (Edebiyat-ı
Cedide) and Şişli Atatürk Museums.
Camps
Ataköy Mocamp
Ataköy / İstanbul
Tel: (212) 559 60 14
Londra Camping
Bakırköy / İstanbul
Tel: (212) 560 42 00
Mıstık Camping
Kilyos / İstanbul
Tel: (212) 201 10 77
Turban Kilyos
Kilyos / İstanbul
Tel: (212) 201 14 80
Akkaya Camping
Şile / İstanbul
Tel: (216) 727 70 10
Kumbaba Camping
Şile / İstanbul
Tel: (216) 711 50 38
Fener Camping
Şile / İstanbul
Tel: (216) 711 28 24
İmren Camping
Şile / İstanbul
Tel: (216) 727 72 08
Provincial Cultural Directorate
At Meydanı No: 31
Sultanahmet / İstanbul
Tel: (212) 518 18 03 - 04
Fax: (212) 518 12 79
Cultural Centers
AKM (Atatürk Cultural Center)
Multi- purpose hall with 1307 seat
capacity for opera, balet, theater
Second hall with 502 seat capacity for meetings and conferences
1200 m² Exhibition Hall
Contact Address: İstanbul AKM Müdürlüğü
Taksim - İstanbul
Tel: (212) 251 56 00
Fax: (212) 243 32 61
Orchestras and Choirs
İstanbul State Symphony
Orchestra
Director: Türkmen Güner
Address: Atatürk Kültür Merkezi
Taksim - İstanbul
Tel: (0 212) 243 10 68
Fax: (0 212) 251 05 07
İstanbul State Modern Folk Music Ensemble
General Director: Ferhat Livaneli
Address: Atatürk Kültür Merkezi
Taksim - İstanbul
Tel: (0 212) 243 10 68
Fax: (0 212) 251 05 07
İstanbul State Classical Turkish Music Choir
Müdürlüğü Address: Atatürk Kültür Merkezi
Taksim - İstanbul
Choir Tel: (0 212) 243 61 65
İstanbul Historical Turkish Music Ensemble Directorate
Address: Altunizade Ord. Prof. Fahrettin Kerim Gökay
Cad.
No:54 Üsküdar - İstanbul
Topluluk Tel: (0 216) 339 24 69 - 325 54 62
İstanbul State Turkish Music Ensemble Directorate
Address: Yıldız Sarayı - Kaskat Odası
Beşiktaş - İstanbul
Topluluk Tel:(0 212) 225 99 54
State Fine Arts Gallery Directorate
İstiklal Cad. No:209/49
BEYOGLU/İSTANBUL
Tel: (0 212) 243 30 53
Fax: 518 12 79
Museums
Archeology Museum
Address: Osman Hamdi Bey Yokuşu Gülhane - İstanbul
Tel: (212) 520 77 40
Fax: (212) 527 43 00
Hagia Sophia Museum
Address: Sultanahmet Meydanı - İstanbul
Tel: (212) 528 45 00
Mahmud I Library
Ottoman Classical Litereature (Divan) Museum
Address: Galipdede Cad. 15 Beyoğlu - İstanbul
Tel: (212) 245 41 41
Carie Museum
Address: Edirnekapı - İstanbul
Tel: (212) 523 30 09
Mozaic Museum
Address: Sultanahmet Arastası - İstanbul
Tel: (212) 511 97 00
Rumelie Fortress Museum
Address: Yahya Kemal Cad. No:42 Hisarönü - İstanbul
Tel: (212) 263 53 05
Anadolu Fortress Museum
Address: Beykoz - İstanbul
Tel: (212) 263 53 05
Mausoleums Museum
Address: Atmeydanı Sultanahmet - İstanbul
Tel: (212) 517 05 44
Turkish - Islamic Works Museum
Address: İbrahim Paşa Sarayı Sultanahmet - İstanbul
Tel: (212) 518 18 05
Fax: (212) 518 18 07
Topkapı Palace Museum
Address: Topkapı - İstanbul
Tel/faks: (212) 522 44 22
Yıldız Sarayı Müzesi
Adres: Beşiktaş - İstanbul
Tel: (212) 258 30 80
Faks: (212) 258 30 85
Palaces
AYNALIKAVAK PAVILION
BEYLERBEYI PALACE
DOLMABAHÇE PALACE
FILIZI MANSION
FLORYA ATATÜRK MARINE MANSION
HEREKE SILK FABRIC AND CARPET FACTORY
IHLAMUR PAVILIONS
KUCUKSU PAVILION
THE MASLAK ROYAL LODGES
YALOVA ATATÜRK MANSIONS
YILDIZ PORCELAIN FACTORY
YILDIZ PALACE
Fountains in Ottoman İstanbul
Registered Immobile Cultural and Natural Heritages
in İstanbul
Sites
Archaeological Sites: 14
Urban Sites: 14
Natural Sites: 11
Historical Sites: -
Other Sites
Archaeological and Natural Sites: 8
Historical and Natural Sites: 4
Archaeological and Urban Sites: 2
Historical and Urban Sites: 1
Natural and Urban Sites: 4
Total: 58
Cultural (at Single Construction Scale) and Natural Heritages: 19512
TOTAL: 19570
Significant Days
Significant Weeks:
Primary Education Week
İstanbul
First week of the new school year
Week of the Disabled
İstanbul
10-16 May
Museum Week
İstanbul
18-24 May
Ahi Culture Week
İstanbul
2nd week of October
Forest Week and Tree Festivities
İstanbul
3-7 April
Fight Tuberculosis Week
İstanbul
First week of January
Traffic Week
İstanbul
Starts on first Saturday of May
Nursing Week
İstanbul
12-18 May
Health Week
İstanbul
7-13 April
Library Week
İstanbul
Last Week of March
Cancer Week
İstanbul
1-7 April
Research and National Products Week
İstanbul
12-18 December
Energy Saving Week
İstanbul
11-17 December
Anti - Alcohol (Green Crescent) Week
İstanbul
1-8 March
Tourism Week
İstanbul
3rd Monday of March
Local Days of Celebration:
Commomeration Day for Navy Martyrs
İstanbul
4 April
Commomeration Day for First Mayor Hızır Bey
İstanbul
30 May
Police Day
İstanbul
10 April
Commomeration Day for Air Force Martyrs
İstanbul
15 May
Commemoration day for Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak
İstanbul
10 April
Commomeration Day for Freedom Martyrs
İstanbul
23 July
World Children's Day
İstanbul
First Monday of October
Preveze Victory and Barbarossa Day
İstanbul
27 September
Freedom from Occupation Days:
Conquest of İstanbul
İstanbul
29 May
Freedom Day of İstanbul
İstanbul
6 October
Significant Weeks:
Human Rights Week
İstanbul
10 December
Red Crescent Week
İstanbul
29 October-November
Festivals:
İstanbul Festival
İstanbul
25 June-20 July
Ataköy Folklore Festival
Ataköy
5-11 October
International Yeşilköy Folk Dance Festival
Yeşilköy
6-11 July
Festivities
Fatih Festivities
İstanbul
29 May
Culture Festivities
İstanbul
14-15 July
Traditional Şile Fabric Celebrations
İstanbul
26-28 July
1st İstanbul Puppet Festivities
İstanbul
12-18 May
Kartal International Culture and Art Festivities
Kartal
1-9 July
Marmara Folklore Festivities
İstanbul
1-7 June
Gülhane Festivities
İstanbul
1 May-30 August
Maritime and Cabotage Day
İstanbul
1 July
Expositions:
Book Expositon
İstanbul
4-12 November
International Antiques and Art Exposition
İstanbul
27 October- 5 November
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