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Ataşehir () is a municipality and district of Istanbul, Turkey. Its area is 25 km2, and its population is 423,127 (2022). It is located at the junction of the O-2 and O-4 motorways on the Anatolian (Asian) side of Istanbul. Its neighbours are the districts of Ümraniye to the north, Sancaktepe to the northeast, Maltepe to the east, Kadıköy to the south and Üsküdar to the west.

Key facts

Turkey place.type
metro district
Turkey place.name
Ataşehir
Turkey place.image_skyline
IFM Görsel.jpg
Turkey place.image_caption
Istanbul Financial Center in Ataşehir
Turkey place.image_map
Istanbul location Ataşehir.svg
Turkey place.map_caption
Map showing Ataşehir District in Istanbul Province
Turkey place.province
Istanbul
Turkey place.leader_party
CHP
Turkey place.leader_name
Onursal Adıgüzel
Turkey place.area_total_km2
25
Turkey place.population_total
423127
Turkey place.population_as_of
2022
Turkey place.area_code
0216

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
Turkey
Located in
Istanbul
Continent
Asia
Official language
Turkish
Area
25
Elevation
110
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Official website
www.umraniyetip.net
Image
Batı Atasehir 31-07-2016.jpg
Dialing code
0-216
Licence plate code
34
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topic's main category
Category:Ataşehir
Commons category
Ataşehir
native label
Ataşehir
postal code
347-8xx
urban population
427217
name in kana
アタシェヒル
inception
2008-03-22
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Encyclopedic overview

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Ataşehir () is a municipality and district of Istanbul, Turkey. Its area is 25 km2, and its population is 423,127 (2022). It is located at the junction of the O-2 and O-4 motorways on the Anatolian (Asian) side of Istanbul. Its neighbours are the districts of Ümraniye to the north, Sancaktepe to the northeast, Maltepe to the east, Kadıköy to the south and Üsküdar to the west.

Since 2023, Ataşehir is home to the Istanbul Financial Center (IFC), where the new headquarters of the state-owned Turkish banks, such as the Turkish Central Bank, Ziraat Bank, VakıfBank and Halkbank, are located. Until 2023, the headquarters of these banks were in Ankara. As of 2024, the tallest buildings in Ataşehir are the Turkish Central Bank Tower, which is followed by Metropol Istanbul Tower A (70 floors / 301 metres including its twin spires).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ataşehir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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