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Avcılar history

  • 1000 BCE

    Bathonea Ancient Village

    Bathonea Ancient Village
    A small village established in the Küçükçekmece lake basin
  • 700 BCE

    Ancient Port City of Bathonie

    Ancient Port City of Bathonie
    An international port city where ships stay before arriving at Byzantion.
  • 500 BCE

    Bathonea Lighthouse

    Bathonea Lighthouse
    Büyük limanıyla ve deniz feneriyle viking gemilerinin bile uğradığı büyük bir liman kenti
  • 557

    557 Constantinople Earthquake

    557 Constantinople Earthquake
    Bathonea suffered a lot of damage in this earthquake and the city was almost completely destroyed. After this period, the city could not return to its old days.
  • 1204

    Latin İnvasion

    Latin İnvasion
    There was no one left in this region due to the Latins occupying Constantinople between 1204 and 1261. The villagers left this area.
  • 1453

    İstanbul'un Fethi

    İstanbul'un Fethi
    After the Roman Emperor Osmanoğlu Fatih Sultan Mehmet Khan conquered Istanbul, Turks began to settle in the region.
  • 1509

    Little Apocalypse

    Little Apocalypse
    During the Istanbul earthquake that occurred in 1509, there were almost no structures left standing in the region. No city was founded in the Bathonea region after this date.
  • Small Villages

    Small Villages
    There was a small village in the region where Greeks lived by fishing.
  • Aminagos Village

    Aminagos Village
    It is a small Greek Village with 60 houses. Greeks, who made their living by fishing and tavern-keeping, would entertain their customers coming from Istanbul by playing the Laterna. This residential area was called Ambarlı because military warehouses were placed in the places vacated by the Greeks after the population exchange.
  • 1924 Population Exchange

    1924 Population Exchange
    The places of the Turks in the Ömberiya village of Thessaloniki and the Greeks in the Aminagos village were changed.
  • From Balcıbük to Firuzköy

    From Balcıbük to Firuzköy
    The Turks, who lived in the Balcıbük village of İvaylovgrad, Bulgaria, migrated to Firuzköy due to their anxiety and restlessness due to the raids of the Bulgarian bandits on their villages and the ambushes set up in their lands.
  • Council

    Council
    In 1992, Ambarlı and Avcılar villages were merged to form a municipality.
  • Avcılar İlçesi

    Avcılar İlçesi
    In 1992, it was separated from Küçükçekmece and became a district.
  • Marmara Earthquake

    Marmara Earthquake
    Şehir tarihi boyunca depremlerden çok etkilenmiştir. Marmara depreminde İstanbul'da yıkımın olduğu tek ilçedir.
  • Nowadays

    Nowadays
    It is on the European side. The population of the district is approximately 450000.