Rumelihisarı, Sarıyer
Rumelihisarı or Rumeli Hisari is one of the 25 neighborhoods of Sarıyer district on the European side of Istanbul. Looking at its administrative borders: Baltalimanı lies to the north; Fatih Sultan Mehmet neighborhood is to the northwest; Etiler, a district of Beşiktaş, is to the west; Bebek neighborhoods, some of which are connected to Beşiktaş district, are to the south; and to the east is the Bosphorus Strait. The neighborhood borrows its name from the Ottoman era fortress, Rumelihisarı, which was used in the siege and eventual Capture of Constantinople.
The port of Rumeli Hisari (1880-1893)[1]
References
- Fréres, Abdullah (1880). "[The port of Rumeli Hisarı]". www.loc.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
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