Mehterçeşme

Mehterçeşme is a neighborhood in the Esenyurt District, on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey.

Its population is 36,880 (2018). Its surface area is 0.60461 square kilometers.[1] The neighborhood has had one of the fastest-growing populations in the area.[2]

It is bordered on the northeast by the Talatpaşa neighborhood, on the southeast by the Mehmet Akif Ersoy neighborhood, on the southwest by the Mevlana and Cumhuriyet neighborhoods, and on the northwest by the Yeşilkent neighborhood.[3]

Name

Mehterçeşme means literally "military musician fountain" (Turkish: mehter + çeşme). The name is said to come from a historic fountain in the area.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Esenyurt Belediyesi 2020-2024 Stratejik Plan: Umudun Şehri Esenyurt" (PDF) (in Turkish). Esenyurt Belediyesi. p. 5. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  2. ^ Şahin, Cemalettin (2015). "İstanbul'un İlçeleri". Antik Çağdan XXI. Yüzyıla Büyük İstanbul Tarihi. Vol. 3. İstanbul: İSAM. p. 284. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Esenyurt Belediyesi 2020-2024 Stratejik Plan: Umudun Şehri Esenyurt" (PDF) (in Turkish). Esenyurt Belediyesi. p. 8. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Katılım Kafe Atölyeleri: Esenyurt Raporu" (PDF) (in Turkish). İstanbul Kent Konseyi. 2022. p. 15. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
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