Maltepe
Maltepe is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Maltepe is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 53 km2, and its population is 528,544 (2022). It is on the northern shore of the Sea of Marmara, adjacent to the Kadıköy district to the west, Kartal district to the east and Ataşehir district to the northwest.
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Worth seeing in and around Maltepe
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.
- 01Marmara University
Marmara University is a public research university in Istanbul, Turkey. The university, named after the Sea of Marmara, was founded as a university in 1982.
9.4 km · state university in İstanbul, Turkey · Wikipedia - 02Doğuş University
Doğuş University is a foundation university located in Ümraniye, Istanbul.
9.4 km · private university in İstanbul, Turkey · Wikipedia - 03Büyükada Greek Orthodox Orphanage
The Prinkipo Greek Orphanage is a historic 20,000-square-meter wooden building on Büyükada, one of the nine Princes' Islands off the coast of Istanbul, Turkey, in the Sea of Marmara. It is considered the largest wooden building in Europe and second largest in the world.
7.1 km · historical building in Büyükada, Adalar, Istanbul · Wikipedia - 04İstanbul Toy Museum
The Istanbul Toy Museum is a toy museum located in the Göztepe neighbourhood of Kadıköy district in Istanbul, Turkey. The museum was founded by the Turkish poet and novelist, Sunay Akın, in 2005.
7.6 km · toy museum in Istanbul, Turkey · Wikipedia - 05Maarifi Mosque
The Maarifi Mosque is a historic building in the Kartal district of Istanbul, Turkey. It was once a Rifa'i tekke but is now a mosque.
6.4 km · mosque in İstanbul, Turkey · Wikipedia - 06Fenerbahçe Lighthouse
The Fenerbahçe Lighthouse, a historical lighthouse still in use, is located on the northern coast of Sea of Marmara at Fenerbahçe neighborhood of Kadıköy district in Istanbul, Turkey.
9.6 km · lighthouse in Turkey · Wikipedia - 07Kayış Dağı
Mount Auxentius, today known as Kayış Dağı in Turkish, is a mountain located in the eastern outskirts of Istanbul, Turkey, in Kayışdağı neighborhood.
5.8 km · mountain in Turkey · Wikipedia - 08Kartal Surp Nişan Armenian Orthodox Church
Kartal Surp Nişan Armenian Church is an Armenian Church located in Kartal Municipality, Istanbul. The facility was built in the 16th century as a chapel.
6.1 km · church building in İstanbul, Turkey · Wikipedia - 09Istanbul Financial Center
The Istanbul Financial Center is a financial district serving banks, autonomous public institutions, multi-national companies and their related back offices and service firms. Located on the Asian side of Istanbul, in the Finanskent quarter between the districts of Ümraniye and Ataşehir, the IFC is intended to consolidate various financial institutions, services, and infrastructures within a designated area to promote collaboration, efficiency, and growth within the financial sector.
8.7 km · building in Istanbul, Turkey · Wikipedia - 10Galip Paşa Mosque
The Galib Pasha Mosque is a mosque situated on the Bağdat Street in the Caddebostan, neighbourhood and the Erenköy quarter in Kadıköy, Istanbul. It was constructed in 1899 by Abdullah Galib Pasha in the Abdulhamid II period, as written on its entrance.
6.9 km · mosque in İstanbul, Turkey · Wikipedia
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Getting to Maltepe
- Airports
- Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (SAW), 15 km · İstanbul (IST), 51 km · Hasan Polatkan (AOE), 171 km
- Stations
- Maltepe railway station, 500 m · Pendik railway station, 9.8 km · Bostancı (M4), 5 km · Kozyatağı (M4), 6.2 km · Kartal railway station, 6.5 km
- Istanbul → Maltepe19 km · quickest by road, 44 min · ₺43–60
- Eskişehir → Maltepe173 km · quickest by road, 4h 18m · ₺465–620
- Edremit → Maltepe235 km · quickest by road, 4h 27m · ₺610–820
- 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 Maltepe
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 Maltepe. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inNo bridge, tunnel or airstrip so you get here by ferry from Istanbul city.
- Get inMavi Marmara ferries sail hourly from Bostancı to Heybeliada and Büyükada.
- Get inIDO ferries sail further out to the Marmara Islands and don't call at the Princes' Islands.
- Get inYassıada has no ferry but is being converted into a museum island, so boat trips or heli-tours may visit.
- Get aroundBetween islands, the ferries are frequent enough for day-trips.
From Wikivoyage: Istanbul/Princes' Islands, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Maltepe
Maltepe is 7 km from Ataşehir, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Princes' Islandsgroup of islands in the Marmara Sea and a district of Istanbul, Turkey6.3 km
- Ataşehirdistrict of İstanbul, northwestern Turkey6.5 km
- Kartaldistrict of İstanbul, northwestern Turkey7 km
- Hieriaancient town and suburb of Constantinople; now Fenerbahçe, Istanbul, Turkey9.1 km
- Kalamışneighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey9.5 km