Zeyrek
Sign in to savethumb|Aqueduct of Valens in Zeyrek right|thumb|Zeyrek old wooden houses on Ibadethane Sk. Zeyrek is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 12,863 (2022). It is a picturesque but poor neighbourhood. It takes its name from the huge and prominent Zeyrek Mosque which started life as a Byzantine church and sits on a plateau, overlooking the Golden Horn.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- neighbourhood
- Turkey place.province
- Istanbul
- Turkey place.district
- Fatih
- Turkey place.name
- Zeyrek
- Turkey place.population_total
- 12863
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Molla Zeyrek Camii.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Zeyrek Mosque
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thumb|Aqueduct of Valens in Zeyrek right|thumb|Zeyrek old wooden houses on Ibadethane Sk. Zeyrek is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 12,863 (2022). It is a picturesque but poor neighbourhood. It takes its name from the huge and prominent Zeyrek Mosque which started life as a Byzantine church and sits on a plateau, overlooking the Golden Horn.
Busy Atatürk Bulvarı runs along the south side of Zeyrek which sits above the Cibali neighbourhood. To its north is the Fatih neighbourhood. Fevzi Paşa Caddesi runs along the western side of Zeyrek.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zeyrek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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