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{{Infobox Turkey place
| type                 = metro district
| name                 = Fatih
| image_skyline        = Turkey-3019_-_Hagia_Sophia_(2216460729).jpg
| image_caption        = [[Hagia Sophia]] in Fatih
| image_map            = Istanbul location Fatih.svg
| map_caption          = Map showing Fatih District in Istanbul Province
| coordinates          = {{coord|41.01746|28.94053|type:adm2nd_region:TR-34|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| province             = Istanbul
| leader_party         = AKP
| leader_name          = Mehmet Ergün Turan
| leader_name1         =
| area_total_km2       = 15
| elevation_m          =
| population_footnotes = <ref name=tuik/>
| population_total     = 368227
| population_as_of     = 2022
| postal_code          =
| area_code            = 0212
| website              = {{url|http://www.fatih.bel.tr/}}
}}
'''Fatih''' ({{IPA|tr|ˈfaːtih}}) is a municipality and [[Districts of Turkey|district]] of [[Istanbul Province]], [[Turkey]].<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.</ref> Its area is 15&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=12 July 2023}}</ref> and its population is 368,227 (2022).<ref name=tuik/> It is home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the mayor's office, police headquarters, metropolitan municipality and tax office) but not the courthouse. It encompasses the [[Historic Areas of Istanbul|historical peninsula]], coinciding with old [[Constantinople]]. In 2009, the district of [[Eminönü]], which had been a separate municipality located at the tip of the peninsula, was once again remerged into Fatih because of its small population. Fatih is bordered by the [[Golden Horn]] to the north and the [[Sea of Marmara]] to the south, while the Western border is demarked by the [[Theodosius II|Theodosian]] [[Walls of Constantinople|wall]] and the east by the [[Bosphorus Strait]].
[[File:Istanbul panorama (16293921746).jpg|thumb|alt=Fatih Istanbul by Oldypak lp photo|Panorama of Istanbul taken from [[Galata Tower]]. Shown from left to right is the Asian side of the city, Topkapi palace, Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Galata bridge and New Mosque.]][[File:Istanbulpanorama.jpg|thumb|panorama of Fatih]]
[[File:Theodosian Walls of Constantinople.jpg|thumb|[[Walls of Constantinople|The Great Walls of Constantinople]].]]
[[File:Column of Constantine.jpg|thumb|[[Column of Constantine]].]]
== History ==
=== Byzantine era ===
Historic Byzantine districts encompassed by present-day Fatih include: ''Exokiónion'', ''Aurelianae'', ''Xerólophos'', ''[[Eleutherion|ta Eleuthérou]]'', ''Helenianae'', ''ta Dalmatoú'', ''Sígma'', ''[[Samatya|Psamátheia]]'', ''ta Katakalón'', ''Paradeísion'', ''ta Olympíou'', ''ta Kýrou'', ''Peghé'', ''Rhéghion'', ''ta Elebíchou'', ''Leomákellon'', ''ta Dexiokrátous'', ''Petríon'' or ''Pétra'', ''[[Fener|Phanàrion]]'', ''Exi Mármara'' ([[Altımermer, Istanbul|Altımermer]]), ''Philopátion'', ''Deúteron'' and ''[[Blachernae|Vlachernaí]]''.
=== Ottoman period ===
The name "Fatih" comes from the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] emperor [[Fatih Sultan Mehmed]] (Mehmed the Conqueror or Mehmed II), and means "Conqueror" in [[Turkish language|Turkish]], from [[Arabic language|Arabic]]. The [[Fatih Mosque]] built by Mehmed II is in this district, while his resting place is next to the [[mosque]] and is much visited. Fatih Mosque was built on the ruins of the [[Church of the Holy Apostles]], destroyed by earthquakes and years of war. A large [[madrasa]] complex was also built around the mosque.
Immediately after the conquest, groups of Islamic scholars transformed the major churches of [[Hagia Sophia]] and the Pantocrator (today the [[Zeyrek Mosque]]) into mosques, but the Fatih Mosque and its surrounding complex was the first purpose-built Islamic seminary within the city walls. The building of the mosque complex ensured that the area continued to thrive beyond the conquest; markets grew up to support the thousands of workers involved in the building and to supply them with materials, and then to service the students in the seminary. The area quickly became a Turkish neighbourhood with a particularly pious character due to the seminary. Some of this piety has endured until today.
Following the conquest, the [[Walls of Constantinople#Gates|Edirnekapı]] (meaning ''[[Edirne]] Gate'') gate in the city walls became the major exit to [[Thrace]], and this rejuvenated the neighbourhoods overlooking the Golden Horn. The Fatih Mosque was on the road to Edirnekapı and the Fatih district became the most populous area of the city in the early Ottoman period and in the 16th century more mosques and markets were built in this area, including: [[İskender Pasha Mosque, Fatih|Iskender Pasha Mosque]], once famous as a centre for the [[Naqshbandi]] order in Turkey); Hirka-i-Sharif Mosque, which houses the cloak of [[Muhammad]] (the [[mosque]] is in common use but the cloak is only on show during the month of [[Ramadan]]; the [[Jerrahi]] [[Zawiyya|Tekke]]; The [[Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque|Sunbul Efendi]] Tekke and the Ramazan Efendi Tekke both in the Kocamustafapaşa district and the [[Vefa Kilise Mosque]], originally a Byzantine church. The last four were named after the founders of various [[Sufi]] orders, and Sheikh Ebü’l Vefa in particular was of major importance in the city and was very fond of Fatih. Many other mosques, schools, baths, and fountains in the area were built by military leaders and officials in the Ottoman court. From the 18th century onwards, Istanbul started to grow outside the walls, and then began the transformation of Fatih into the heavily residential district, dominated by concrete apartment housing, that it remains today. This process was accelerated over the years by fires which destroyed whole neighbourhoods of wooden houses, and a major earthquake in 1766, which destroyed the Fatih Mosque and many of the surrounding buildings (subsequently rebuilt). Fires continued to ravage the old city, and the wide roads that run through the area today are a legacy of all that burning. There are few wooden buildings left in Fatih today, although right up until the 1960s, the area was covered with narrow streets of wooden buildings. Nowadays, the district is largely made up of narrow streets with tightly packed 5- or 6-floor apartment buildings.
The confectioner [[Hafiz Mustafa 1864]] was founded in 1864 by Hadji İsmail Hakkı Beyat what is today Hamidiye street in the district during the reign of [[Sultan Abdulaziz]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://live2makan.com/2019/06/01/sweets-that-saw-the-birth-of-modern-turkey/|title = Sweets that saw the birth of modern Turkey|date = June 2019}}</ref>
== Fatih today ==
At present, Fatih contains areas including [[Aksaray, Istanbul|Aksaray]], [[Fındıkzade, Istanbul|Fındıkzade]], [[Çapa]], and [[Vatan Caddesi]] that are more cosmopolitan than the conservative image which the district has in the eyes of many people. With [[Eminönü]], which was again officially a part of the Fatih district until 1928, and with its historical [[Byzantine]] walls, conquered by Mehmed II, Fatih is the "real Istanbul" of the old times, before the recent enlargement of the city that began in the 19th century. The area has become more and more crowded from the 1960s onwards, and a large portion of the middle-class residents have moved to the [[Anatolia]]n side and other parts of the city. Fatih today is largely a working-class district, but being a previously wealthy area, it is well-resourced, with a more thoroughly established community than the newly built areas such as [[Bağcılar]] or [[Esenler]] to the west, which are almost entirely inhabited by post-1980s migrants who came to the city in desperate circumstances. Fatih was built with some degree of central planning by the municipality. [[Istanbul University]] which was founded in 1453 is in Fatih. In addition, since 1586, the Orthodox Christian [[Patriarchate of Constantinople]] has had its headquarters in the relatively modest [[St. George's Cathedral, Istanbul|Church of St. George]] in the [[Fener]] neighborhood of Fatih.
Fatih has many theatres, including the famous [[Reşat Nuri]] Sahnesi. The area is well-served with a number of schools, hospitals and public amenities in general. A number of Istanbul's longest-established hospitals are in Fatih, including the Istanbul University teaching hospitals of [[Istanbul University-Çapa|Çapa]] and [[Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa |Cerrahpaşa]], the Haseki Public Hospital, the Samatya Public Hospital, and the Vakıf Gureba Public Hospital. A tramway runs from the docks at [[Sirkeci]], through [[Sultanahmet, Fatih|Sultanahmet]], and finally to [[Aksaray, Fatih|Aksaray]], which is a part of Fatih.
Also, besides the headquarters, some main units of the [[Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality]], including the city's fire department, are based in Fatih.
Fatih has many historic and modern libraries, including the Edirnekapı Halk Kütüphanesi, Fener Rum Patrikhanesi Kütüphanesi (''the Library of the Patriarchate''), Hekimoğlu Ali Paşa Halk Kütüphanesi, İstanbul University Library, İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Kütüphanesi, İstanbul Üniversitesi Kardiyoloji Ensitütüsü Kütüphanesi, İstanbul Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Hulusi Behçet Kitaplığı, İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kadın Eserleri Kütüphanesi, [[Millet Kütüphanesi]], Mizah Kütüphanesi, Murat Molla Halk Kütüphanesi, Ragıppaşa Kütüphanesi, and Yusufpaşa Halk Kütüphanesi.
On the other hand, today Fatih is known as one of the most conservative religious areas of Istanbul because of the religious residents of the [[Çarşamba, Istanbul|Çarşamba]] quarter which is essentially a very minor part of this historical district. Çarşamba is famous with bearded men in heavy coats, the traditional baggy '[[shalwar]]' trousers and Islamic [[turban]]; while women dressed in full black gowns are a common sight as this area is popular with members of a [[Naqshbandi]] [[Sufi]] order affiliated to [[Sheikh]] [[Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu]]. Conservative political parties always do well in this area. [[Küçükçekmece]], [[Başakşehir]], [[Bağcılar]], [[Gaziosmanpaşa]], [[Esenler]], [[Bayrampaşa]], [[Zeytinburnu]], and Fatih are home to asylum seekers of Syrian origin.<ref>{{cite report |author=HAYATA DESTEK |date=31 August 2013 |title=Syrian Refugees in Turkey |url=http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/130831%20Syrian%20Refugees%20in%20Turkey%20Situation%20Report,%20STL.pdf |publisher=SUPPORT TO LIFE |pages=4–5 }}</ref>
== Neighborhoods ==
[[File:Istanbul (34223582516) (cropped).jpg|thumb|the [[Blue Mosque, Istanbul|Blue Mosque]] is a marvel of the Ottoman architecture in Istanbul]]
There are 57 [[mahalle|neighbourhoods]] in Fatih District:<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=12em}}
* [[Aksaray, Fatih|Aksaray]]
* Akşemsettin
* Alemdar
* Ali Kuşçu
* Atikali
* [[Ayvansaray]]
* Balabanağa
* [[Balat, Fatih|Balat]]
* Beyazıt
* Binbirdirek
* [[Cankurtaran, Fatih, Istanbul|Cankurtaran]]
* Cerrahpaşa
* Cibali
* Demirtaş
* Derviş Ali
* Emin Sinan
* Hacı Kadın
* Haseki Sultan
* Hırka-İ Şerif
* Hobyar
* Hoca Gıyasettin
* Hocapaşa
* [[İskenderpaşa]]
* Kalenderhane
* [[Karagümrük]]
* Katip Kasım
* Kemalpaşa
* Koca Mustafapaşa
* Küçük Ayasofya
* Mercan
* Mesihpaşa
* Mevlanakapı
* Mimar Hayrettin
* Mimar Kemalettin
* [[Mollafenari, Fatih|Mollafenari]]
* [[Mollagürani]]
* Molla Hüsrev
* Muhsine Hatun
* Nişanca
* Rüstempaşa
* Saraç İshak
* Sarıdemir
* Şehremini
* Şehsuvar Bey
* Seyyid Ömer
* Silivrikapı
* Süleymaniye
* Sultan Ahmet (Sultanahmet)
* Sümbül Efendi
* Sururi
* Tahtakale
* Taya Hatun
* [[Topkapı, Fatih|Topkapı]]
* Yavuz Sinan
* Yavuz Sultan Selim
* [[Yedikule]]
* [[Zeyrek]]
{{div col end}}
== Historical sites ==
{{See also|Historic Areas of Istanbul}}[[File:Fatihistanbul.jpg|thumb|view of blue mosque, Hagia Sophia, and old Istanbul]]
*[[File:Topkapı - 01.jpg|thumb|View of the Topkapı Palace from the [[Golden Horn]].]] [[File:Basilica Cistern Istanbul.JPG|thumb|The [[Basilica Cistern]].]][[Topkapı Palace]] - historical residence of the [[Ottoman sultan|Ottoman sultans]]
*[[Hagia Sophia]] - historical patriarchal cathedral of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] in the [[Byzantine Empire]]'s capital city, later converted into a mosque, then a museum, then a mosque again.
*[[Süleymaniye Mosque|Süleymaniye]] – the huge mosque complex of [[Suleiman the Magnificent]];
*[[Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum]] – formerly the palace of [[Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha]], a prominent grand vizier during the early reign of Suleiman the Magnificent.
*[[Yeni Mosque (Istanbul)|Yeni Mosque]] (The new mosque) – the mosque that dominates the waterfront by the Galata Bridge; there is a wide open space in front where people feed the pigeons.
*[[Grand Bazaar, Istanbul|Grand Bazaar]] – as much to look at as to shop in.
*[[Spice Bazaar, Istanbul|Spice Bazaar]] – another Ottoman caravanserai, not as huge as the Grand Bazaar but right on the water, next to the Yeni Mosque;
*[[Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Kadırga)|Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque]] – in Kadirga District (the Byzantine '''Sophianòn Limin''' in [[Greek language|Greek]]).
== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|percentages = pagr
|cols=2
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|source = Population censuses (1935–1997)<ref name="TÜİK1935">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015544.pdf | title = 1935 General Census | date = 1935 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220810115704/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015544.pdf | archive-date = 10 August 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="TÜİK1940">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013482.pdf | title = 1940 General Census | date = 1940 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220627085145/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013482.pdf | archive-date = 27 June 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="TÜİK1945">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0014841.pdf | title = 1945 General Census | date = 1945 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220810120220/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0014841.pdf | archive-date = 10 August 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="TÜİK1950">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015040.pdf | title = 1950 General Census | date = 1950 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220120213736/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015040.pdf | archive-date = 20 January 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="TÜİK1955">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015096.pdf | title = 1955 General Census | date = 1955 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210826165632/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015096.pdf | archive-date = 26 August 2021 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="TÜİK1960">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015128.pdf | title = 1960 General Census | date = 1960 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220705173824/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015128.pdf | archive-date = 5 July 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="TÜİK1965">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015227.pdf | title = 1965 General Census | date = 1965 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220531152603/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015227.pdf | archive-date = 31 May 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="TÜİK1970">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015363.pdf | title = 1970 General Census | date = 1970 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220810121207/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015363.pdf | archive-date = 10 August 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="TÜİK1975">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015628.pdf | title = 1975 General Census | date = 1975 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220810123238/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015628.pdf | archive-date = 10 August 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="TÜİK1980">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015840.pdf | title = 1980 General Census | date = 1980 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220617101828/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015840.pdf | archive-date = 17 June 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="TÜİK1985">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013062.pdf | title = 1985 General Census | date = 1986 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210522110755/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013062.pdf | archive-date = 22 May 2021 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="TÜİK1990">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013349.pdf | title = 1990 General Census | date = 1991 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210831205734/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013349.pdf | archive-date = 31 August 2021 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="TÜİK1997">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0014235.pdf | title = 1997 Population Count | date = 1999 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221030113057/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0014235.pdf | archive-date = 30 October 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref> and TÜIK (2007–2022)<ref name=tuik>{{cite web|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |title=Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters|publisher=[[Turkish Statistical Institute|TÜIK]] |access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref>
|1935|172902
|1940|160589
|1945|181025
|1950|226853
|1955|286733
|1960|300594
|1965|344602
|1970|417662
|1975|504127
|1980|474578
|1985|497459
|1990|462464
|1997|432590
|2007|422941
|2012|428857
|2017|433873
|2022|368227
}}
== Media ==
The offices of the magazine ''[[Servet-i Fünun]]'' were in "Stamboul" (what is now Fatih district) during the magazine's existence.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Not stated|url=https://archives.saltresearch.org/bitstream/123456789/129156/1/PFSIF9170104061%20(1917-01-04).jpg|journal=[[Servet-i Fünun]]|number=1332|date=1917-01-04}}</ref>
== Visitor attractions ==
Today, there are still remnants of the sea walls along the Golden Horn and along the Marmara shore, to give a sense of the shape of the old [[Walls of Constantinople|walled city]]. There are also a number of important architectural structures in the Fatih district, including the [[Valens Aqueduct]] across the Atatürk Bulvarı, the fortress on the city walls at [[Yedikule]], the Byzantine [[Palace of the Porphyrogenitus]], the Roman [[column of Marcian]], the [[Pammakaristos Church|Fethiye Cami]] (the former Byzantine church of Christ Pammakaristos), the [[Kariye Camii]] (the former Byzantine church of the Chora), [[Gül Mosque|Gül Camii]] (another former Byzantine church), [[Fenari Isa Mosque|Fenari Isa Camisi]] (a complex of two Byzantine churches), the [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|Greek Patriarchate]] with the Church of St. George in the [[Fener]] district, the Church of St. Stephen ([[Bulgarian St. Stephen Church|"The Iron Church"]]), the Yavuz Selim Camii, the [[Dimitrie Cantemir|House-Museum of Dimitrie Cantemir]], and the [[Fatih Mosque]] itself.
The tombs of some of the famous [[Ottoman sultan]]s are in Fatih. These include [[Mehmed II]] 'the Conqueror' (Fatih Sultan Mehmed), [[Selim I]] (Yavuz Sultan Selim), [[Suleyman the Magnificent]], and [[Abdul Hamid II|Abdul Hamid Khan]], as well as other leading statesmen of the [[Ottoman Empire]], including [[Gazi Osman Pasha]]. Fatih also has a collection of various cuisines (Syrian, Korean, Indian).
== International relations ==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Turkey}}
Fatih is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
*{{flagdeco|DEU}} [[Wiesbaden]], [[Hesse]], Germany<ref name="Wiesbaden twinning">{{cite web|url=http://www.wiesbaden.de/leben-in-wiesbaden/stadtportrait/partnerstaedte/index.php|title=Wiesbaden's international city relations|access-date=24 December 2012}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Üsküdar]]
* [[Sultanahmet Square]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{official website}}
* [http://www.fatih.bel.tr Fatih Municipality]
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