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Eyüp
Sign in to saveEyüpsultan or Eyüp () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 228 km2, and its population is 422,913 (2022). The district extends from the Golden Horn all the way to the shore of the Black Sea. Eyüp is also the name of a prominent neighborhood and former village in the district, located at the confluence of the Kâğıthane and Alibey streams at the head of the Golden Horn. The Eyüp neighborhood is a historically important area, especially for Turkish Muslims, due to the presence of the tomb of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, the prominent Medinan companion (Ansar) and
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Eyüpsultan
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Cuerno de Oro desde el mirador Pierre Loti Café (Eyüp Sultan).jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- View of Golden Horn
- Turkey place.image_map
- Istanbul location Eyüp.svg
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Eyüpsultan District in Istanbul Province
- Turkey place.province
- Istanbul
- Turkey place.leader_party
- CHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Mithat Bülent Özmen
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 228
- Turkey place.population_total
- 422913
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0212
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Eyüp during the Industrial Revolution
- Eyüp today
- Composition
- Historical places
- Mosque and türbe of Abu Ayyub
- Other monuments
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
Eyüpsultan or Eyüp () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 228 km2, and its population is 422,913 (2022). The district extends from the Golden Horn all the way to the shore of the Black Sea. Eyüp is also the name of a prominent neighborhood and former village in the district, located at the confluence of the Kâğıthane and Alibey streams at the head of the Golden Horn. The Eyüp neighborhood is a historically important area, especially for Turkish Muslims, due to the presence of the tomb of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, the prominent Medinan companion (Ansar) and standard-bearer of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
It became a district centre in 1936, after some parts of Fatih, Çatalca and Sarıyer were joined; later it also included Gaziosmanpaşa and Bayrampaşa districts. Its present boundaries were established after the borough of Yayla was given to Sultangazi in 2009. Its neighbours are Sarıyer in the east, Kâğıthane and Beyoğlu in the southeast, Gaziosmanpaşa, Bayrampaşa, Fatih and Sultangazi in the south, Başakşehir in the southwest and Arnavutköy in the west. The municipality was named after Abu Ayyub al-Ansari by the Ottoman Turks.