Yedikule
Sign in to saveYedikule () is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 15,789 (2022). It is named after the seven-towered Yedikule Fortress, which surrounds the neighborhood. Urbanized in the 16th century, the neighborhood became a hub for industrial and agricultural activities. Yedikule has a local football team that played in the TFF Second League for a season.
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Vinony's link graph records 93 inbound references to Yedikule, and connects out to Istanbul, Fatih and Edirnekapı, Istanbul.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Neighbourhoods in Fatih.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- neighbourhood
- Turkey place.province
- Istanbul
- Turkey place.district
- Fatih
- Turkey place.name
- Yedikule
- Turkey place.population_total
- 15789
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Istanbul asv2021-11 img60 Yedikule.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Yedikule Fortress (lower half of the image) and Fatih
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0212
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- neighborhood
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Fatih
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 15417
- Area
- 0.78
- Time zone
- time in Turkey
- Body of water
- Sea of Marmara
- Image
- Istanbul asv2021-11 img60 Yedikule.jpg
- Dialing code
- 212
- Licence plate code
- 34
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- different from
- Yedikule Fortress
- Commons category
- Yedikule, Istanbul
- male population
- 8064
- female population
- 8085
- postal code
- 34107
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Istanbul Subregion
- Turkey neighborhood ID
- 99130
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Ottoman period
- Modern times
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- Demographics
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Yedikule () is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 15,789 (2022). It is named after the seven-towered Yedikule Fortress, which surrounds the neighborhood. Urbanized in the 16th century, the neighborhood became a hub for industrial and agricultural activities. Yedikule has a local football team that played in the TFF Second League for a season.
Marmaray passes through the neighbourhood, however Yedikule railway station is opened on 2024.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yedikule” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations