Eyüpsultan
Eyüpsultan or Eyüp is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Eyüpsultan or Eyüp is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 228 km2, and its population is 422,913 (2022). The district extends from the Golden Horn all the way to the shore of the Black Sea. Eyüp is also the name of a prominent neighborhood and former village in the district, located at the confluence of the Kâğıthane and Alibey streams at the head of the Golden Horn. The Eyüp neighborhood is a historically important area, especially for Turkish Muslims, due to the presence of the tomb of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, the prominent Medinan companion (Ansar) and standard-bearer of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Getting to Eyüpsultan
- Airports
- İstanbul (IST), 31 km · Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (SAW), 35 km · Hasan Polatkan (AOE), 191 km
- Eskişehir → Eyüpsultan195 km · quickest by road, 4h 36m · ₺510–680
- Edremit → Eyüpsultan229 km · quickest by road, 4h 45m · ₺660–880
- Gaziemir → Eyüpsultan339 km · quickest by air, 4h 52m · ₺2,570–3,980
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No local-transport research exists yet for Eyüpsultan
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 Eyüpsultan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFerries across the Bosphorus from Üsküdar to Eminönü also zigzag between quays either side of the Horn and go as far west as Eyüp.
- Get inSmaller ferries also shuttle across the Horn.
- Get inA chairlift runs between downtown Eyüp and Pierre Loti on a hill overlooking the Horn; see the "Do" and "Drink" sections below.
From Wikivoyage: Istanbul/Golden Horn, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06.
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Next door to Eyüpsultan
Eyüpsultan is 2 km from Fatih, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.