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Bostancı

Coordinates: 40°57′30″N 29°05′44″E / 40.95833°N 29.09556°E / 40.95833; 29.09556
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Bostancı
Neighbourhood
Bostancı pier
Bostancı pier
Bostancı inside Kadıköy
Bostancı inside Kadıköy
Bostancı is located in Turkey
Bostancı
Bostancı
Location in Turkey
Bostancı is located in Istanbul
Bostancı
Bostancı
Bostancı (Istanbul)
Coordinates: 40°57′30″N 29°05′44″E / 40.95833°N 29.09556°E / 40.95833; 29.09556
CountryTurkey
ProvinceIstanbul
DistrictKadıköy
Population
 (2022)
33,638
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Bostancı (Turkish: [bosˈtandʒɯ]) is a neighborhood in the municipality and district of Kadıköy, Istanbul Province, Turkey.[1]

Description

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Bostancı is on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, on the shore of the Sea of Marmara.[2] As the easternmost neighborhood of the Kadıköy district; it borders Suadiye and Kozyatağı (also neighborhoods of Kadıköy) to the west, İçerenköy (a neighborhood of Ataşehir) to the north, and Altıntepe (a neighborhood of Maltepe) to the east.

The population of Bostancı is 33,638 (2022).[3]

A predominantly residential area, Bostancı is an important transport interchange with stops on the Marmaray and M4 Metro lines and ferries leaving for the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara. It is generally considered the starting point of Bağdat Avenue, the major shopping street that runs as far as Kadıköy.

Because of its position on the water, Bostancı has several fish restaurants. It is also popular as a place to stop off for late night fast food. Several places stay open all night serving people returning from the bars and clubs on Bağdat Avenue.

Bostancıbaşı Bridge: the stream it once crossed is now dried up

History

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In the Byzantine period, Bostancı was probably called Poleatikon.[4] Poleatikon was one of the places where the ceremonial reception of an emperor returning from a military campaign or journey in Anatolia could take place.[5] There was a church around where the Bostancı train station is now and a port at the Bostancı or Çamaşırcı Stream.[6]

When the Umayyad forces besieged Constantinople (now Istanbul) in 718, their navy took refuge in the port here.[citation needed]

During the Ottoman period, the main road connecting the Istanbul to Anatolia passed through Bostancı, which was the eastern border of the city. A bostancı outpost (bostancı derbendi) was established at the Bostancıbaşı Bridge to control entrance to the city, the bostancıbaşı (Turkish: bostancı, "gardener," baş, "head") being the official responsible for security and maintenance, first for Istanbul palaces and gardens, and later for other imperial palaces and fields. The neighborhood received its name from the Bostancı Guild (ocak) stationed at the bridge.[7][8]

Until the mid-19th century, Bostancı and other neighborhoods along the Marmara shore were known for bağ and bostan (vineyards and vegetable gardens), providing fruits and vegetables to the city of Istanbul. The population of the area consisted mostly of gardeners and fishers.[9]

With the development of the Anatolian Railway in the 1870s, upper-class Muslims, Ottoman minorities, and foreigners began building summer houses along the line, including in Bostancı, and the neighborhoods along the line gradually became less rural and more suburban. For Bostancı, one of the most significant of these summer houses was the mansion (köşk) of Sadi Bey, an accountant in the Ministry of Public Works. A train station was built in 1910 (the previous station may have been in an officer's house built in 1874). A wooden steamboat pier was built in 1888 and a ferry station in 1912-13. A mosque and primary school were built in 1913. The area of Bostancı west of Bostancı Stream was established as a mahalle in 1914, while the area east of the stream continued to be part of the kaza of Kartal.[10]

Historic sites

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Historic sites of Bostancı include

Transport

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From Bostancı, five of the Princes' Islands - Kınalıada, Burgazada, Heybeliada, Büyükada, and Sivriada - can be seen. Bostancı is also an important interchange for the Asian side of Istanbul with copious city buses, sea buses, commuter ferries, trains and dolmuşes. All intercity trains heading for Anatolia stop at Bostancı railway station, which is opposite the Bostancı pier.

Bostancı Marmaray station

Bus system

  • 2 Balaban

Metro

Ferryboats[25]

Inner city

Intercity

Suburban train

Images

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  • Sunset in Bostancı
    Sunset in Bostancı
  • Bostancı Coast
    Bostancı Coast
  • View of Bostancı from Altıntepe
    View of Bostancı from Altıntepe
  • Historical Station of Bostancı
    Historical Station of Bostancı
  • Bostancı Subway
    Bostancı Subway
  • Bostanji Guards
    Bostanji Guards

References

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  1. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Mahalle ve Semtler [Bostancı]" [Neighborhoods [Bostancı]]. Kadıköy Kaymakamlığı (in Turkish). T.C. Kadıköy Kaymakamlığı. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-09-12. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  3. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. ^ Belke, Klaus, ed. (2020). "Poleatikon". Tabula imperii Byzantini (in German). Vol. 13, pt. 2: Bithynien und Hellespont. Wien: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. p. 928. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  5. ^ Hellenkemper, Hansgerd (January 1, 2001). "Politische Orte? Kaiserliche Sommerpalaste in Konstantinopel". In Featherstone, Michael; Spieser, Jean-Michel; Tanman, Gülru; Wulf-Rheidt, Ulrike (eds.). The Emperor's House: Palaces from Augustus to the Age of Absolutism (in German). De Gruyter. pp. 252–253. ISBN 978-3-11-033163-9.
  6. ^ Salah, Ebru (2013). Sayfiye to Banlieue: Suburban Landscape around Anatolian Railways, from Mid-Nineteenth Century to the World War II (Ph.D. thesis). Ankara: Middle East Technical University. p. 93. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  7. ^ Salah. Sayfiye to Banlieue (Thesis). p. 93.
  8. ^ Eyice, Semavi (1965). "İstanbulun Mahalle ve Semt Adları Hakkında Bir Deneme" [An Essay on the Names of Istanbul Neighborhoods]. Türkiyat Mecmuası (in Turkish). 14: 203–204. doi:10.18345/tm.96559. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  9. ^ Salah. Sayfiye to Banlieue (Thesis). pp. 42, 93.
  10. ^ Salah. Sayfiye to Banlieue (Thesis). pp. 43–44, 47–50, 58–59, 94–96.
  11. ^ "Bostancı Köprüsü" [Bostancı Bridge]. Kültür Envanteri (in Turkish). 2025. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  12. ^ Atak, Erkan; Acıoğlu, Yusuf (2020). "Kocaeli'ndeki Osmanlı Dönemi Taş Köprüler" [The Ottoman-Era Stone Bridges of Kocaeli]. Çanakkale Araştırmaları Türk Yıllığı (in Turkish). 17 (29): 67, 69. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  13. ^ "Cizvit Manastırı, Bostancı" [Jesuit Monastery, Bostancı]. Kültür Envanteri (in Turkish). 2025. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  14. ^ "Bostancı Halk Eğitimi Merkezi Binası" [Bostancı Community Education Center Building]. Kültür Envanteri (in Turkish). 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  15. ^ "II. Mahmut Han Çeşmesi, Bostancı" [Mahmut Khan II Fountain, Bostancı]. Kültür Envanteri (in Turkish). 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  16. ^ "Bostancıbaşı Derbendi Menzil Namazgahı Kıbletaşı" [Qibla Stone of the Bostancıbaşı Outpost and Relay Post]. Kültür Envanteri (in Turkish). 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  17. ^ "Cavit Paşa Köşkü, Bostancı" [Cavit Paşa Mansion, Bostancı]. Kültür Envanteri (in Turkish). 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  18. ^ "Tamara Köşkü" [Tamara Mansion]. Kültür Envanteri (in Turkish). 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  19. ^ Koçu, Reşad Ekrem. "Huguenin (Jules Edouard)". İstanbul Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Salt and Kadir Has University. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  20. ^ "Bostancı Tren İstasyonu" [Bostancı Train Station]. Kültür Envanteri (in Turkish). 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  21. ^ "Bostancı İskelesi" [Bostancı Pier]. Kültür Envanteri (in Turkish). 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  22. ^ "Bostancı İskelesi" [Bostancı Pier]. Şehir Hatları (in Turkish). İstanbul Şehir Hatları Turizm San. ve Tic. A.Ş. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  23. ^ "Bostancı Kuloğlu Camii" [Bostancı Kuloğlu Mosque]. Kültür Envanteri (in Turkish). 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  24. ^ Erşan, H. Gülsüm (1998). Mimar Kemaleddin'in Dini Eserleri [Religious Works of the Architect Kemaleddin] (master's thesis) (in Turkish). İstanbul: Marmara Üniversitesi. pp. 42–50. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  25. ^ "2011 Kış Tarifesi" (PDF) (in Turkish). IDO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
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