Esenler

Esenler

Esenler is a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey on its European side. Esenler is mainly densely packed, working class residential in the midst of its industrial neighbouring districts of Gaziosmanpaşa, Güngören and Bağcılar.

History

In the Ottoman times this area, well outside the city walls, was the villages of Litros and Avas, populated by Greek farmers. These villagers were deported in the population exchange at the founding of the Turkish republic and the area was then settled by Turks from Macedonia. Fragments of architecture remain of this area including some fountains and a ruined church in the bowels of the bus station.

Esenler today

Many of the large numbers of people that migrated to Istanbul in the 60s to 90s ended up in districts like this and with a population of over half a million Esenler has desperately insufficient infrastructure, leading to over-crowded schoolrooms and many other problems. The crime rates are high, public health is lacking, young men hang around with nothing to do all day, the shops are very meagre and the people are poor.

Esenler has the huge inter-city bus terminal of the European side.

References

External links

Esenlerin Sesi Gazetesi - Esenler Newspaper [http://www.esenlerinsesi.com]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Esenler — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Esenler Datos País Turquía …   Wikipedia Español

  • Esenler — Administration Pays …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Eşenler — Hilfe zu Wappen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Esenler — Vorlage:Infobox Ort in der Türkei/Wartung/Landkreis Esenler …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Esenler — Original name in latin Esenler Name in other language Litros State code TR Continent/City Europe/Istanbul longitude 41.0435 latitude 28.87619 altitude 72 Population 520235 Date 2011 01 04 …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • Esenler — Admin ASC 2 Code Orig. name Esenler Country and Admin Code TR.34.7732467 TR …   World countries Adminstrative division ASC I-II

  • Esenler — is., öz. İstanbul iline bağlı ilçelerden biri …   Çağatay Osmanlı Sözlük

  • Busbahnhof Esenler — Der Otogar Der Busbahnhof Esenler, türkisch Esenler Otogar, auch Uluslararası İstanbul Otogarı („Internationaler Busbahnhof Istanbul“), İstanbul Şehirlerarası Otobüs Terminali („Intercity Busbahnhof Istanbul“), Büyük İstanbul Otogar („Großer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Istanbul — Istanbul …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Carigrad — Istanbul …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”