Bağcılar
Sign in to saveBağcılar is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 23 km2, and its population is 740,069 (2022). It is located on the European side of Istanbul, near the city centre, just north of Bahçelievler, between the two major ring roads, TEM and D100 (formerly E5). The district is the fourth most populous in the Istanbul Municipality. Bağcılar developed rapidly between the 1970s and 1990s and is primarily residential in nature. The neighborhood is served by the Istanbul Metro and the T1 line of the Istanbul Tram. The mayor is Yasin Yıldız from the Justice and Develop
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Bağcılar
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Collage of Bağcılar.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- From top to bottom: Bağcılar Square • Molla Gürani Park in winter • Eston Kirazlı Apartment Buildings • Altınbaş University • T1 Kabataş-Bağcılar Tram
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- Istanbul location Bağcılar.svg
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- Map showing Bağcılar District in Istanbul Province
- Turkey place.province
- Istanbul
- Turkey place.leader_party
- AKP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Yasin Yıldız
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 23
- Turkey place.population_total
- 740069
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 34200
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0212
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Bağcılar is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 23 km2, and its population is 740,069 (2022). It is located on the European side of Istanbul, near the city centre, just north of Bahçelievler, between the two major ring roads, TEM and D100 (formerly E5). The district is the fourth most populous in the Istanbul Municipality. Bağcılar developed rapidly between the 1970s and 1990s and is primarily residential in nature. The neighborhood is served by the Istanbul Metro and the T1 line of the Istanbul Tram. The mayor is Yasin Yıldız from the Justice and Development Party, elected in January 2025.
== Etymology== The area is presumed to have been inhabited in Byzantine times under the name Drypia, as a rural suburb of Constantinople. The name Bağcılar was given due to the abundance of vineyards. The name bağcılar means "vine growers" in Turkish. The district used to be known as Yeşilbağ, which translates to "green vineyard". The name was changed to Yeşilbağ when Bağcılar became a town and the name Bağcılar was given again when Bağcılar became a district. The old name of Bagcilar, which was largely populated by non-Muslim people in the Ottoman period, was Çıfıtburgaz (Yahudburgaz).