Simenoğlu Mansion (Yeşilköy)
The mansion in Yeşilköy where the Treaty of San Stefano was signed.
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Bakırköy lies on the western half of Istanbul, on the Çatalca Peninsula, along the north-eastern coast of the Sea of Marmara. Until 1989, Bakırköy, with an area of 275 km², was one of Istanbul’s largest districts by area, but it shrank after Küçükçekmece, Bahçelievler, Bağcılar and Güngören separated from it.
History
In the Byzantine period, Bakırköy was a separate community outside Constantinople and was known as Hebdomon. Emperor Valens built the imperial palace called Magnaura and another palace called Justinianus Jucundianae. Hebdomon, known as Kampos tou Tribounaliou, was a military training and assembly ground, and many Roman and Byzantine emperors were proclaimed by the army here. In the final period of Byzantium, the area was known as “Makro Hori” (Long Village) or “Makriköy” (Distant Village). The name Makriköy was changed to Bakırköy in 1925, after the proclamation of the Republic. In 1877–1878, Yeşilköy was occupied by Russia, and on 3 March 1878 the Treaty of San Stefano was signed here.
History and Culture
Bakırköy was founded as a place of entertainment and resort by Constantine in AD 384. The district took the name Bakırköy in 1925.
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