Arnavutköy district is a rural neighborhood and a municipality that is located in Istanbul. It was established in the year of 2008 by taking a considerable rural portion of Gaziosmanpaşa, and multiple other parts that also includes Çatalca. First and foremost, Istanbul Airport, which is built in 2018 and one of the biggest airports around the world, is located in Arnavutköy.
Location of Arnavutköy
Arnavutköy is almost 35 km away from Mecidiyeköy and 30 km away from Eminönü districts. Surrounded by Eyüp, Esenyurt, Büyükçekmece and Çatalca districts, Arnavutköy has one of the longest coastline of 22km with Black Sea. Arnavutköy is rich in terms of water sources as there are many streams passing by this district. Terkos Lake and Sazlıdere Dam are two of them which act as the main water resource of Istanbul.
Transportation in Arnavutköy
The means of transportation available in Arnavutköy are Dolmuş buses that are available in and around Istanbul. In addition to the buses, there are studies that are in progress for the construction of metro. After metro, there will not be any problem with transportation in Arnavutköy.
Features of Arnavutköy
Residents work in small and big factories which are located in the district. Textile factories take the lead of the economy. Future of district will be different as there are some important projects, planned by government, to change the state of district. Third bridge and connected roads, third airport and North Marmara Highway projects are couple of them. Even before the projects hadn’t started, the district became an attractive location for investors and property prices started to arise.
Places of Interest in Arnavutköy
There are multiple residents on the majority that have migrated from Anatolia and they are very traditionalist in nature. Which is why there are a considerably greater number of mosques in the neighborhood. Arnavutköy has the famous Taşoluk Yeşil Mosque which is among the four mosques that have a total of six minarets.
Arnavutkoy is covered by dense forest with different kind of trees. This is used as an advantage in Arnavutköy as converting available fields into picnic areas. Durusu has fascinating places and natural beauties. Arnavutkoy has many places to have a picnic. İmrahor, Taşoluk, Rahim Çeşme, Balaban and Boğazköy are the most famous picnic areas in Arnavutkoy.
Boğazköy is an important neighborhood in Arnavutkoy. It has natural structure and also close to Marmara Sea at the same time. This features make the neighborhood very significant.
Karaburun is another major place in Arnavutköy and now is a port. During Middle Ages Karaburun had an important role for Genoas. You may enjoy Karaburun as it has couple of special dishes like Kuyu’da Kalkan (Turbot Tandouri) and mezes to offer people delicious foods.
Here are some of the properties we offer in Arnavutköy:
