Esenler is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.[ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.] Its area is 43 km2,
History
In the
Ottoman Empire times this area, well outside the city walls, was the villages of
Litros and
Avas, populated by
Greeks farmers. During the 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey, these villagers were deported and the area was then settled by
Turkish people who had themselves been deported from Macedonia. Christian Orthodox
Romani people from Esenler settled in
Amaliada four decades after population exchange.
[ Coronavirus: It was a test of faith! Nikos Batzalis from Amaliada talks about his adventure (in Greek). May 10, 2020.] It was part of Bakırköy district till 1992 and Güngören between 1992 and 1994.
Composition
There are 17
mahalle in Esenler District:
[ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.]
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15 Temmuz
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Birlik
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Çifte Havuzlar
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Davutpaşa
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Fatih
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Fevzi Çakmak
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Havaalanı
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Kazım Karabekir
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Kemer
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Menderes
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Mimar Sinan
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Namık Kemal
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Nine Hatun
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Oruçreis
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Tuna
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Turgut Reis
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Yavuz Selim
Esenler today
Many of the large numbers of people that migrated to Istanbul in the 60s to 90s ended up in districts like this and with a population of over half a million Esenler has desperately insufficient infrastructure, leading to over-crowded schoolrooms and many other problems.
Esenler has the largest inter-city bus terminal of the European side.
Sport
Opened in 2017, the
Esenler Stadium is located in the "Esenler Sports Village" in Kemer Neeighborhood.
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