Kadıköy
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Kadıköy (Turkis pronunciation: [kaˈdɯkøj]; auncient an Byzantine Chalcedon, Χαλκηδών in Greek) is a lairge, populous, an cosmopolitan destrict o Istanbul, Turkey on the northren shore o the Sea o Marmara, facin the historic ceety centre on the European side o the Bosporus. Kadıköy is the name o the maist prominent neebourheid o the destrict an aw, a residential an commercial aurie that, wi its numerous bars, cinemas an beukshops, is the cultural centre o the Anatolie side o Istanbul. Kadıköy became a destrict in 1928 when it wis separatit frae Üsküdar destrict. The neebourheids o İçerenköy, Bostancı an Suadiye wur separatit frae the destrict o Kartal in the same year an aw, an eventually joined the newly formit destrict o Kadıköy. Its neebourin destricts are Üsküdar tae the northwest, Ataşehir tae the northeast, Maltepe tae the sootheast, an Kartal ayont Maltepe. The population o Kadıköy destrict, accordin tae the 2007 census, is 509,282.
Kadıköy Kadıköy Belediyesi | |
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Municipality o Kadıköy | |
Location o Kadıköy in Istanbul | |
Coordinates: 41°2′33.69″N 29°0′26.27″E | |
Kintra | Turkey |
Province | Istanbul Province |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Selami Öztürk (CHP) |
Area | |
• Destrict | 40.21 km2 (15.53 sq mi) |
Population (2012)[2] | |
• District | 521005 |
• District density | 13,000/km2 (34,000/sq mi) |
Website | http://www.kadikoy.bel.tr/ |