Bağcılar

Bağcılar
Bağcılar
	Bağcılar
	Coordinates: 41°02′26″N 28°49′34″E / 41.04056°N 28.82611°ECoordinates: 41°02′26″N 28°49′34″E / 41.04056°N 28.82611°E
Country	Turkey
Province	İstanbul
Government
• Mayor	Lokman Çağırıcı (AKP)
• Kaymakam	İrfan Balkanlıoğlu
Area
• District	21.07 km2 (8.14 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• District	749,024
• District density	36,000/km2 (92,000/sq mi)
Website	www.bagcilar.bel.tr

Bağcılar is a working class suburban district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is located behind Bahçelievler on the European side of the city, between the two major ring roads, the TEM and the D100 (once officially E5). The mayor is Lokman Çağırıcı (AKP).

Sparsely populated countryside at the time of the founding of the Republic of Turkey, bağcılar means "vine growers" in Turkish and the district was formerly known as "Yeşilbağ" (Green Vineyard in Turkish).

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 hoped will ease the constant stream of slowly circulating traffic.

Public Transportation[]

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 starts from Bağcılar to Kabataş. Beside them, the district has several bus options as well.

References[]

^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.

"Historical Background of Bağcılar District" (in Turkish). Governorship of Bağcılar, Istanbul. 2009. Archived from the original on September 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
"Geographical Information on Bağcılar District" (in Turkish). Governorship of Bağcılar, Istanbul. 2009. Archived from the original on September 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
"Bağcılar Gezi Rehberi". Türkiye'nin En Güncel Gezi ve Seyahat Sitesi. 2020.

External links[]

District governor's official website (in Turkish)
District municipality's official website (in English)

[distr-area-1] "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.

[population-2] "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.

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