Ataşehir

Ataşehir
Destrict
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Location o Ataşehir in Istanbul
Ataşehir Location o Ataşehir in Istanbul
Coordinates: 40°59′00″N 29°07′40″E
Kintra	Turkey
Ceety	Istanbul
Govrenment
• Mayor	Battal İlgezdi (CHP)
• Govrenor	Turgut Çelenkoğlu
Population  (2012)
• Urban	395,758
• Destrict	395758
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code(s)	0-216
Website	www.atasehir.bel.tr www.atasehir.gov.tr

A schuil in Ataşehir

Ataşehir is a modren suburban destrict o Istanbul, Turkey. It is locatit at the junction o the O-2 an O-4 motorweys in the Anatolie pairt o Istanbul.

The hoosin development is designed tae include 18,000 skyscraper condominiums afferin luxury residences for 80,000 fowk wi heicher incomes. Ataşehir, hosting heidquairters an offices o companies, is a business an tradin centre an aw. Facilities such as tennis courts, gyms an cinemas mak it a popular sports an leisur place. Ataşehir wis awairdit the Habitat prize.

As o 2006, 8596 hoosin units wur present athin the steid, hoosin approximately 35,000 fowk. Completit projects in the aurie are the Kentplus Ataşehir, Agaoglu MyWorld, UpHill an Ataşehir Residence blocks.

New investments still continue on last empty steids o the destrict. The İstanbul Finance Center will be in Ataşehir

Unlike in Bahçeşehir, anither satellite ceety in wast side o Istanbul, nae single-faimily hoose teeps are designed for the steid. Maist biggins are heich rise blocks, an some aroond the main public square can be considered skyscrapers. Anither difference atween the twa developments is that Ataşehir lacks recreational auries on the same scale as Bahçeşehir.

Transportation

The aurie is vera favourable for transportation bi private caur, while choices o public transport are vera limitit. Tho, they are becomin mair available (e.g. M4 (Istanbul Metro)).

For private caur awners the subdiveesion is: 10 minutes frae the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, 3 minutes from Heich-gate D-100 an the İzmit-Ankara Trans-European Motorway (TEM), 15 minutes frae Bağdat Avenue, the upper-class heich street o Kadıköy destrict, an 20 minutes frae Sabiha Gökçen Airport, the seicont internaitional airport o Istanbul.

Photos

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  Ataşehir's first biggins
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  Ataşehir's new biggins
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  TEM heich-gate
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  Construction at Wast Ataşehir

References

• "Information on Ataşehir district" (in Turkish). Governorship of Istanbul. 2009. Archived frae the original on 21 Februar 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2009.

Freemit airtins

• Destrict municipality's offeecial wabsteid Archived 2011-03-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkis)