Durusu
Sign in to saveDurusu or Terkos (, Derkos; also Δέλκη Delke, Δέλκος Delkos, and Δέρκοι Derkoi) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Arnavutköy, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 746 (2022). It lies close to the namesake Lake Durusu and the Terkos Dam.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- neighbourhood
- Turkey place.province
- Istanbul
- Turkey place.district
- Arnavutköy
- Turkey place.name
- Durusu
- Turkey place.population_total
- 746
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mahalle
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Arnavutköy
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 756
- Time zone
- time in Turkey
- Dialing code
- 212
- Licence plate code
- 34
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- postal code
- 34277
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Istanbul Subregion
- Turkey neighborhood ID
- 40915
- male population
- 390
- female population
- 358
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Durusu or Terkos (, Derkos; also Δέλκη Delke, Δέλκος Delkos, and Δέρκοι Derkoi) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Arnavutköy, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 746 (2022). It lies close to the namesake Lake Durusu and the Terkos Dam.
==History== The village is attested since Classical Antiquity as Derkos/Delkos/Derkoi, but Emperor Anastasius I (r. 491–518) raised it to the status of a city and rebuilt it as a forward stronghold for the defence of Constantinople. It was also probably at the same time created an episcopal see In the first half of the 6th century, Derkos was known as a stronghold of the Monophysites.
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