Bahçeköy, Sarıyer

For other places with the same name, see Bahçeköy.

Bahçeköy
Neighborhood
Bahçeköy
Coordinates: 41°10′12″N 28°59′33″E
Country	Turkey
Region	Marmara
Province	Istanbul
District	Sarıyer
Population  (2010)
• Total	3,870
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	34473
Area code	0–212

Aqueduct of Bahçeköy in İstanbul between 1809–1838

Bahçeköy Aqueduct.

Bahçeköy is a neighborhood of Sarıyer district in Istanbul Province, Turkey.

Bahçeköy is situated 8 km (5.0 mi) from Sarıyer.It is bordered by Fatih Forest, Çayırbaşı, Büyükdere, Kemerburgaz, Zekeriyeköy and Gümüşdere.

Institutions within its boundaries are Faculty of Forestry, Forestry Administration, Water and Sewerage Authority. A number of historic dams, Belgrad Forest, Bentler Nature Park, Atatürk Arboretum are visitor attractions of Bahçeköy.

Background

The establishment of Bahçeköy goes back to 1521 in the Ottoman Empire. Later, Muslim Turks from Salonica Vilayet, former territory of the Ottoman Empire, were settled here in the frame of population exchange between Greece and Turkey agreed with the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923. The settlement received migration from all over Turkey. As of 2010, the population of Bahçeköy is 3,870.

Following a local referendum, the settlement gained the right to be converted from a village status into a municipality. The first mayor election took place in 1997. In 2008, Constitutional Court of Turkey annulled its status as a municipality, and it became a neighborhood of Sarıter district.

See also

• Topuzlu Dam, built in 1750
• Valide Dam, built in 1796
• New Dam, built in 1830