Esenyurt
Esenyurt is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Esenyurt is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 43 km2, and its population is 983,571 (2022). Located in the European side of Istanbul, Esenyurt borders with Avcılar and Lake Küçükçekmece on the east, Büyükçekmece on the west, Başakşehir, Arnavutköy and TEM road on the north and Beylikdüzü and E-5 motorway on the south.
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Worth seeing in and around Esenyurt
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.
- 01Atatürk 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.
8.5 km · football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey · Wikipedia - 02Kanuni Sultan Suleiman bridge
The Kanuni Sultan Suleiman bridge, also known as Büyükçekmece Bridge, is a stone arch bridge located in Büyükçekmece, 36 km west of the center of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European side of the Bosphorus. The bridge was built during the Ottoman period by chief architect Mimar Sinan (c.
9.3 km · bridge in İstanbul, Turkey · Wikipedia - 03Lake Küçükçekmece
Lake Küçükçekmece is a lagoon located between the Küçükçekmece, Esenyurt and Avcılar districts of the European portion of Istanbul Province, northwestern Turkey. The lake is neighbored in the south by state road D.100 and in the north by the O-3 motorway.
6.4 km · lake in Turkey · Wikipedia - 04Sokollu Mehmed Pasha III Mosque
The Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque, also known as the Köprübaşı Mosque, is the ruin of a 16th-century Ottoman mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. The ruin is situated in Büyükçekmece which is now a district of Istanbul, but would have been in the countryside at the time the mosque was built.
8.8 km · mosque in İstanbul, Turkey · Wikipedia - 05Sancaklar mosque
The Sancaklar Mosque is a mosque in Büyükçekmece, Istanbul, Turkey. It was designed by architect Emre Arolat.
9 km · mosque in İstanbul, Turkey · Wikipedia - 06Yarımburgaz Cave
Yarimburgaz Cave is a cave of significant archaeological and paleontological importance, located in eastern Thrace and within Istanbul Province, Turkey.
6.9 km · cave in Turkey · Wikipedia - 07Küçükçekmece Bridge
The Küçükçekmece Bridge, also known as the Küçükçekmece Mimar Sinan Bridge, is a stone arch bridge in Küçükçekmece district of Istanbul, Turkey. It was built by Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan and was completed in 1560.
9.1 km · stone arch bridge in Küçükçekmece district of Istanbul, Turkey · Wikipedia - 08Endem TV Tower
Endem TV Tower is a TV tower in Büyükçekmece, Istanbul, Turkey. It was built between 1998 and 2008, and has a now-closed revolving restaurant 154 m above ground, as well as an observation deck at 160 m.
5.1 km · tower · Wikipedia - 09Esenyurt Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium
Esenyurt Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium is a football stadium in Esenyurt district in Istanbul, Turkey. It was named after Necmi Kadıoğlu, who served as the district mayor of Esenyurt from 2004 until 2017.
1.9 km · football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey · Wikipedia - 10Büyükçekmece Dam
Büyükçekmece Dam is a dam on the Lake Büyükçekmece in Büyükçekmece district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works, and was opened in 1988.
9.2 km · dam · Wikipedia
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Getting to Esenyurt
- Airports
- İstanbul (IST), 27 km · Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (SAW), 55 km · Burgas (BOJ), 196 km
- Stations
- Halkalı railway station, 7.5 km · Küçükçekmece railway station, 9.3 km · Mustafa Kemal railway station, 8.5 km · Olimpiyat, 8.9 km · Ispartakule railway station, 3.6 km
- Pendik, Istanbul → Esenyurt50 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · ₺130–175
- Eskişehir → Esenyurt209 km · quickest by road, 4h 57m · ₺570–760
- Edremit → Esenyurt213 km · quickest by road, 5h 6m · ₺710–950
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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 Esenyurt
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 Esenyurt. 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.
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Next door to Esenyurt
Esenyurt is 7 km from Beylikdüzü, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Avcılardistrict of İstanbul, northwestern Turkey7 km
- Küçükçekmecedistrict of İstanbul, northwestern Turkey8.3 km
- Beylikdüzüdistrict of İstanbul, northwestern Turkey5.6 km
- Yarımburgazneighborhood in Küçükçekmece district, Istanbul, Turkey6.2 km
- Halkalı Merkezneighborhood in Küçükçekmece, Istanbul, Turkey9.1 km
- Athyraancient city of Thrace in modern-day Turkey7.6 km