Sultangazi
Sultangazi is municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Sultangazi is municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 37 km2, and its population is 542,531 (2022). To the west are the neighbourhoods of Esenler and Başakşehir, Gaziosmanpaşa is to the south and Eyüpsultan is to the north and east. One border of the district is formed by the TEM highway.
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Worth seeing in and around Sultangazi
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Chora Church
The Chora Church or Kariye Mosque was a Byzantine church, now converted to a mosque, in the Edirnekapı neighborhood of Fatih district, Istanbul, Turkey. It is famous for its outstanding Late Byzantine mosaics and frescos.
9.6 km · church converted to mosque in Turkey · Wikipedia - 02Atatürk Olympic Stadium
The Atatürk Olympic Stadium is a stadium in Istanbul, Turkey. Located in the western district of Başakşehir, it is the largest-capacity stadium in the country, and largest permanent track and field stadium outside Africa and Asia by capacity.
9 km · football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey · Wikipedia - 03Mihrimah Edirnekapı Mosque
The Mihrimah Sultan Mosque is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque located near the Byzantine land walls in the Edirnekapı neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey. It was commissioned by Mihrimah Sultan, the daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent and Hürrem Sultan, and designed by the chief imperial architect Mimar Sinan.
9.6 km · mosque in İstanbul, Turkey · Wikipedia - 04Eyüp Sultan Mosque
The Eyüp Sultan Mosque is a mosque in Eyüp district of Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque complex includes a mausoleum marking the spot where Ebu Eyüp el-Ansari, the standard-bearer and companion of the prophet Muhammad, is said to have been buried.
7.9 km · mosque in İstanbul, Turkey · Wikipedia - 05Palace of the Porphyrogenitus
The Palace of the Porphyrogenitus, known in Turkish as the Tekfur Sarayı, is a late 13th-century Byzantine palace in the north-western part of the old city of Constantinople. An annex of the greater palace complex of Blachernae, it is the best preserved of the three Byzantine palaces to survive in the city, and one of the few relatively intact examples of late Byzantine secular architecture in the world.
9.5 km · palace · Wikipedia - 06Palace of Blachernae
The Palace of Blachernae was an imperial Byzantine residence in the suburb of Blachernae, located in the northwestern section of Constantinople. The area of the palace is now mostly overbuilt, and only literary sources are available as to its description.
9.5 km · palace · Wikipedia - 07Church of St. Mary of Blachernae
The Church of Saint Mary of Blachernae; Turkish name: Meryem Ana Kilisesi) is an Eastern Orthodox church in Mustafa Paşa Bostanı Sokak in Ayvansaray in the Fatih district of Istanbul, just inside the old walled city.
9.2 km · church building in İstanbul, Turkey · Wikipedia - 08Miniatürk
Miniatürk is a miniature park at the northeastern shore of Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey. It was opened on 2 May 2003.
8 km · miniature park in Istanbul, Turkey · Wikipedia - 09Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium
The Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium is a football stadium in the Başakşehir district of Istanbul, Turkey. The stadium is named in honour of Turkish footballer and manager Fatih Terim.
5.6 km · football stadium in the Başakşehir district of Istanbul, Turkey · Wikipedia - 10Zal Mahmud Pasha Mosque
The Zal Mahmud Pasha Mosque is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque located in the Eyüp district of Istanbul, Turkey. It was designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan and completed in 1590.
8.3 km · mosque in Turkey · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sultangazi
- Airports
- İstanbul (IST), 23 km · Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (SAW), 43 km · Burgas (BOJ), 198 km
- Stations
- Davutpaşa—YTÜ, 9.2 km · Topkapı—Ulubatlı, 9.8 km · Bayrampaşa—Maltepe, 8.5 km · Sağmalcılar, 7.3 km · Kocatepe, 6.1 km
- Pendik, Istanbul → Sultangazi40 km · quickest by road, 59 min · ₺95–125
- Eskişehir → Sultangazi203 km · quickest by road, 4h 37m · ₺530–710
- Edremit → Sultangazi230 km · quickest by road, 4h 46m · ₺680–900
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Sultangazi
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Sultangazi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe main dolmuş routes, which run virtually round the clock, are from Taksim to Bakırköy, Ataköy and Yeşilköy.
- Get inThere are several ferry routes connecting piers along the coast with central and eastern Istanbul.
From Wikivoyage: Istanbul/Western Suburbs, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Sultangazi
Sultangazi is 6 km from Esenler, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Bayrampaşadistrict of İstanbul, northwestern Turkey6.3 km
- Esenlerdistrict of İstanbul, northwestern Turkey5.1 km
- Gaziosmanpaşadistrict of İstanbul, northwestern Turkey4.2 km
- Güngörendistrict of İstanbul, northwestern Turkey8.7 km
- Kağıthanedistrict of İstanbul, northwestern Turkey9.5 km
- Eyüpsultandistrict of İstanbul, northwestern Turkey6.2 km