Bağcılar, Istanbul Province, Marmara Region, Türkiye
🇹🇷 Bağcılar is a district located on the European side of Istanbul. It is located near the city centre, just north of Bahçelievler, between the two major ring roads, TEM and D100 (formerly E5). The mayor is Abdullah Özdemir (AKP).
The area encompassed sparsely populated countryside at the time of the founding of the Republic of Turkey. The name bağcılar means "vine growers" in Turkish. The district used to be known as Yeşilbağ, which translates to "green vineyard".
Bağcılar also houses a great deal of industry, particularly light engineering, textiles, printing (Bağcılar is home to all the biggest of Turkey's newspapers and TV channels), a huge wholesale market for dry goods, a large second-hand car market, and many trucking companies, particularly along the Gunesli link road from the TEM motorway to Istanbul airport. A metro is being built which is expected to relieve the constant stream of slowly circulating traffic.
Transport Bağcılar is one of the most developed districts in Istanbul in terms of public transportation. It is connected to Yenikapı by the M1ʙ subway line. Moreover, the T1 tram line leads from Bağcılar to Kabataş. Beside those, the district has several bus options as well.
Europe/Istanbul/Istanbul
Bağcılar has a population of over 749,024 people. Bağcılar also forms one of the centres of the Greater Istanbul metropolitan area which has a population of over 15,519,267 people. Bağcılar is situated north of the centre of Istanbul.
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🇹🇷 Eyüpsultan 41.033
🇹🇷 Büyükçekmece 41.019
🇺🇿 Toʻraqoʻrgʻon 41
🇹🇷 Gaziosmanpaşa 28.916
🇹🇷 Eyüpsultan 28.933
Locations Near: Bağcılar 28.85,41.0333
🇹🇷 Güngören 28.867,41.017 d: 2.3
🇹🇷 Küçükçekmece 28.8,41 d: 5.6
🇹🇷 Başakşehir 28.817,41.083 d: 6.2
🇹🇷 Gaziosmanpaşa 28.916,41.057 d: 6.1
🇹🇷 Eyüpsultan 28.933,41.033 d: 7
Antipodal to: Bağcılar -151.15,-41.033
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17398.1
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16850.4
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16490.1
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16391.1
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13246.8
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13126.7
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13108.9
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 13107.5