Istanbul Province, Administrative province in Marmara Region, Turkey
Istanbul Province is an administrative unit in Turkey that covers both sides of the Bosporus and the surrounding areas of the metropolis. It is divided into thirty-nine districts that include urban and rural areas over a territory of more than five thousand square kilometers.
The region was reorganized as an administrative province after the founding of the Republic of Turkey in 1923. It took over functions that had previously been fulfilled by the Ottoman system.
The province houses numerous museums, including the Topkapi Palace Museum, which displays Ottoman Empire artifacts and royal collections from multiple centuries.
Metro, tram, bus, and ferry services connect the different districts and make it easier to move around the province. Transport runs frequently and allows access to most parts of the region.
The Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara are part of the province and can only be reached by ferry. No motorized vehicles drive there, so horse-drawn carriages and bicycles are the usual means of transport.
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Hagia Sophia
542 m
Sultan Ahmed Mosque
763 m
Topkapı Palace
604 m
Maiden's Tower
2.6 km
Walls of Constantinople
4.5 km
Grand Bazaar
711 m
Basilica Cistern
456 m
Galata Tower
1.5 km
Dolmabahçe Palace
3.7 km
Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge
24.1 km
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
2.8 km
Süleymaniye Mosque
1.1 km
15 July Martyrs Bridge
6.1 km
Çamlıca Tower
7.5 km
Marmara Prison
69.6 km
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge
11.4 km
Çırağan Palace
4.8 km
Sublime Porte
205 m
Chora Church
3.7 km
Runic inscriptions in Hagia Sophia
466 m
Yıldız Palace
5.2 km
İstiklal Avenue
2.5 km
Rumelihisarı
10.5 km
Beylerbeyi Palace
6.3 km
Hagia Irene
504 m
Trump Towers Istanbul
6.3 km
Fatih Istanbul Mosque
2.4 km
Rami Library
6.5 km
Princes' Islands
Arnavutköy
Ataşehir
Avcılar
Bağcılar
Bahçelievler
Bakırköy
Başakşehir
Bayrampaşa
Beşiktaş
Beykoz
Beylikdüzü
Beyoğlu
Büyükçekmece
Çatalca
Çekmeköy
Esenler
Esenyurt
Eyüpsultan
Fatih
Gaziosmanpaşa
Güngören
Kadıköy
Kağıthane
Kartal
Küçükçekmece
Maltepe
Pendik
Sancaktepe
Sarıyer
Silivri
Sultanbeyli
Sultangazi
Şile
Şişli
Tuzla
Ümraniye
Üsküdar
Zeytinburnu
Adalar district
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