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3 unusual facts about Fatih


2013 corruption scandal in Turkey

On 17 December 2013, the Financial Crimes and Battle Against Criminal Incomes department of the Istanbul Security Directory detained 47 people, including officials from TOKİ (Housing Development Administration of Turkey), the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning, and the District Municipality of Fatih.

Fatih

Çarşamba is famous with bearded men in heavy coats, the traditional baggy 'shalwar' trousers and Islamic turban; while women dressed in full black gowns are a common sight as this area is popular with members of the Naqshbandi Sufi order affiliated to a Sheikh.

Istanbul Postal Museum

It was established in 2000 by the Turkish Post, and is situated inside the Istanbul Main Post Office building at Sirkeci quarter of Fatih district in Istanbul, Turkey.


Atik Sinan

He is credited with being the architect who designed and built Istanbul's first selatin mosque, the Fatih Mosque and its complex, in 1471 for Mehmed II, over the ruins of the Church of the Holy Apostles, which was razed to the ground by the Ottomans in order for the Fatih Mosque to be built.

Fatih Faner

Fatih Faner played for the national team at the 2013 IIHF World U18 Championships - Division III Group B held January 7-10 in İzmit, Turkey that ranked third.

Kocamustafapaşa railway station

Kocamustafapaşa as a railway station, in the Samatya neighborhood of the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the İstanbul-Halkalı Line.

Philadelphion

The other passed through the quarters of Şehzadebaşı and Fatih until reaching the quarter of Edirnekapı (formerly the Gate of Charisius).

Yedi Kule

the Yedikule neighborhood, where the fortress is located, in the district of Fatih in Istanbul, Turkey.


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