Beykoz
Sign in to saveBeykoz () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 310 km2, and its population is 247,875 (2022). It lies at the northern end of the Bosphorus on the Anatolian side. The name is believed to be a combination of the words bey and kos, which means "village" in Farsi. Beykoz includes an area from the streams of Küçüksu and Göksu (just before Anadoluhisarı) to the opening of the Bosphorus into the Black Sea, and the villages in the hinterland as far as the Riva creek. Before the Turkish alphabet reform of 1928, it was sometimes Latinized variously as Beicos or Beikos
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Beykoz
- Turkey place.image_map
- Istanbul location Beykoz.svg
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Beykoz District in Istanbul Province
- Turkey place.province
- Istanbul
- Turkey place.leader_party
- AKP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Özlem Vural Gürzel (acting)
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 310
- Turkey place.population_total
- 247875
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0216
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Beykoz () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 310 km2, and its population is 247,875 (2022). It lies at the northern end of the Bosphorus on the Anatolian side. The name is believed to be a combination of the words bey and kos, which means "village" in Farsi. Beykoz includes an area from the streams of Küçüksu and Göksu (just before Anadoluhisarı) to the opening of the Bosphorus into the Black Sea, and the villages in the hinterland as far as the Riva creek. Before the Turkish alphabet reform of 1928, it was sometimes Latinized variously as Beicos or Beikos.
==History== The mouth of the Bosphorus in ancient times was used as a place of sacrifice, specifically to petition the Twelve Olympians, including Zeus and Poseidon, for a safe journey across the Black Sea, without which no one would venture into those stormy waters.
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