Yalıköy, Istanbul

Yalıköy
Neighborhood
Yalıköy
Laocation of Yalıköy in Turkey
Coordinates: 41°28′38″N 28°17′40″E / 41.47722°N 28.29444°E / 41.47722; 28.29444Coordinates: 41°28′38″N 28°17′40″E / 41.47722°N 28.29444°E / 41.47722; 28.29444
Country  Turkey
Region Marmara
Province Istanbul
District Çatalca
Government
 • Mukhtar Fehmi Kaçar
Population (2012)[1]
 • Total 2,034
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 34560
Area code 0-212
The beach of Yalıköy.

Yalıköy, formerly Podima, is a village in the administrative status of a neighborhood of Çatalca district in Istanbul Province, northwest Turkey. Located at the Black Sea coast, it is a seaside resort with a sand beach.[2] Current mukhtar is Fehmi Kaçar.[1]

Yalıköy was historically a Greek town named Potima. During the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923 that followed the Greco-Turkish War (1919–22), around 60 Turkish families from Greece were settled in the homes of exchanged Greeks. Its population as of 2012 is 2,034.[1]

Yalıköy is a coastal town surrounded on three sides by woods of the Strandzha mountain massif. Its sandy beach attracts tourists. The main economy of the village is forestry and fishing. A local production facility of Şişecam mines silicon as raw material for the glass industry.[1] Another local facility operated by the State Hydraulic Works (DSİ) use Yalıköy sand in water purification.[3]

The Çilingoz Nature Park, which offers camping and outdoor recreation activities, is about 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Yalıköy.[2][3]

Yalıköy is served from Yenibosna in Istanbul by private owned public buses,[3] and from Çatalca by city bus line #404 .[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Yalıköy Mahallesi" (in Turkish). Çatalca Kaymakamlığı. 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  2. 1 2 Özçelik, Levent (2012-05-12). "Batı Karadeniz'de bir hafta sonu kaçamağı: Yalıköy". Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  3. 1 2 3 Gürer, Bilsen (2013-07-22). "İstanbullular için iki mükemmel plaj: Yalıköy ve Çilingoz". Posta (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  4. ↑ "404 Yalıköy/Karacaköy - Çatalca" (in Turkish). İETT. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
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