İskenderpaşa

This article is about the district in Istanbul. For the Sufi order in Turkey, see Community of İskenderpaşa.

İskenderpaşa is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey.^[1] Its population is 12,024 (2022).^[2] It is in the European part of Istanbul. It is considered one of the most visited areas of Istanbul, as it is located near the shopping center of the city.

İskenderpaşa
Neighbourhood
Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque
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Coordinates: 41°0′52″N 28°56′56″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Istanbul
District	Fatih
Population  (2022)	12,024
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

Horhor Fountain

Aksaray Metro Station

Kıztaşı

Sites

• Historia Shopping and Life Center: an indoor shopping center with a fountain, a variety of shops, restaurants, a cinema and a food court.^[3]
• Kıztaşı(Maidenstone): located in the middle of a small square in Fatih district, the structure consists of an 8.75 m high column erected in two pieces of red-gray Egyptian marble brought from Aswan (Syene) and a 2.35 m high quadrilateral pedestal.
• Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque: a grand Ottoman imperial mosque built by Pertevniyal Valide Sultan, the wife of Sultan Mahmut II and the mother of Sultan Abdulaziz.
• Saraçhane Archaeological Park: the artifacts displayed in the Sarachkhane Archaeological Park were discovered during the excavation of a new boulevard, the construction of which began on the orders of the then Prime Minister Adnan Menderes in the late 1950s.^[4]

Metro

Aksaray Metro Station is an underground metro station located on Adnan Menderes Boulevard (Vatan Caddesi) in the İskenderpaşa district of Fatih. It commissioned on September 3, 1989.^[5] The station is one of the first modern metro stations in Istanbul.^[6]

Metro station is located on the M1A (Yenikapi — Ataturk Airport) and M1B (Yenikapi — Kirazli) lines of the Istanbul Metro.

References

1. Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
2. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
3. "Historia Alışveriş ve Yaşam Merkezi". www.historia.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
4. Arkeofili (2018-10-19). "Saraçhane Arkeoloji Parkı'ndaki Eserler Bank Olarak Kullanılıyor". Arkeofili (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-05-21.
5. "Yenikapı-Kirazlı Metro Hattı". www.metro.istanbul. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
6. "Genel Tanıtım Katalogu 2021" (PDF). Metro Istanbul. 2 February 2022.