Istanbul Travel and Tourism Guide

Istanbul is Turkey's most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. It is located on the Bosphorus Strait, and encompasses the natural harbor known as the Golden Horn, in the northwest of the country.

Istanbul is the only city in the world that is located in two different continents at the same time. The Eastern portion of the city is located on Middle-East(Asia) while the Western portion is located on Europe.

With a new regulation in city planning on April 2008, Istanbul province is divided into 39 districts (was 32), each of them has a local municipality elected by the people living in the neighborhoods belonging to that district.
The ones marked with the asterix (*) are new districts formed in 2008:

1. Adalar (Islands)
2. Arnavutkoy(*)
3. Atasehir(*)
4. Avcilar
5. Bagcilar
6. Bahcelievler
7. Bakirkoy
8. Basaksehir
9. Bayrampasa
10. Besiktas
11. Beylikduzu(*)
12. Beykoz
13. Beyoglu
14. Buyukcekmece
15. Catalca
16. Cekmekoy(*)
17. Esenler
18. Esenyurt(*)
19. Eyüp
20. Fatih
21. Gaziosmanpasa
22. Gungoren
23. Kadiköy
24. Kagithane
25. Kartal
26. Kucukcekmece
27. Maltepe
28. Pendik
29. Sancaktepe(*)
30. Sariyer
31. Silivri
32. Sultanbeyli
33. Sultangazi(*)
34. Sile
35. Sisli
36. Tuzla
37. Umraniye
38. Üsküdar
39. Zeytinburnu