Bakırköy
Sign in to saveBakırköy is a municipality and district in the European part of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 29 km2, and its population is 226,685 (2022). Bakırköy lies between the D.100 highway (locally known as E-5) and the coast of the Sea of Marmara. Bakırköy houses a large psychiatric hospital, and is an important shopping and commercial center.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Bakırköy
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Bakırköy, Istanbul.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Bakırköy district center (2025)
- Turkey place.image_map
- Istanbul location Bakırköy.svg
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Bakırköy District in Istanbul Province
- Turkey place.province
- Istanbul
- Turkey place.leader_party
- CHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Ayşegül Ovalıoğlu
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 29
- Turkey place.population_total
- 226685
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 34140
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0212
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13 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Composition
- Today
- Economy
- Climate
- Notable people
- Places of interest
- Sport
- Bakırköy municipality mayors
- Notes, References
- Sources
- External links
Bakırköy is a municipality and district in the European part of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 29 km2, and its population is 226,685 (2022). Bakırköy lies between the D.100 highway (locally known as E-5) and the coast of the Sea of Marmara. Bakırköy houses a large psychiatric hospital, and is an important shopping and commercial center.
== Geography == Bakırköy, which was one of the largest districts of Istanbul with an area of 275 km² until 1989 and was bounded by Çatalca to the west, Eyüpsultan and Gaziosmanpaşa to the north, shrunk both in terms of population and area with the local elections of 1989 and 1992, first with the separation of Küçükçekmece and then Bahçelievler, Bağcılar and Güngören districts. Nowadays Bakırköy has a surface area of 29.22 km² with its new borders.