Kağıthane
Sign in to saveKağıthane (, also Kâğıthane), formerly Sadâbad () and Glykà Nerà (Greek: Γλυκά Νερά, , 'sweet waters') is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 15 km2, and its population is 455,943 (2022). It is at the far northern end of the Golden Horn on the European side of Istanbul. It extends along the shores of the Alibeyköy and Kağıthane rivers that discharge into the Golden Horn. Formerly a working class district, Kağıthane is now part of a major real estate development area.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Kağıthane
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Kağıthane, Istanbul.jpg
- Turkey place.province
- Istanbul
- Turkey place.leader_party
- AKP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Mevlüt Öztekin
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 15
- Turkey place.population_total
- 455943
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 34400
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0212
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Kağıthane (, also Kâğıthane), formerly Sadâbad () and Glykà Nerà (Greek: Γλυκά Νερά, , 'sweet waters') is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 15 km2, and its population is 455,943 (2022). It is at the far northern end of the Golden Horn on the European side of Istanbul. It extends along the shores of the Alibeyköy and Kağıthane rivers that discharge into the Golden Horn. Formerly a working class district, Kağıthane is now part of a major real estate development area.
Kağıthane means 'paper mill' in Turkish. The area formed part of the popular picnicking area known as the Sweet Waters of Europe.