Ihlamurkuyu is a neighborhood (''

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'') in the district of

Ümraniye Ümraniye () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 46 km2, and its population is 723,760 (2023). It was separated from Üsküdar in 1987. It is bordered by Çekmeköy t ...

, Istanbul Province, Turkey. It is on the

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n side of

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. Its population is 16,308 (2019). Its land area is 137 hectares. It is bordered on the on the east by the Ümraniye neighborhood of

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, on the southwest by the Ümraniye neighborhood of

Tepeüstü Tepeüstü is a neighborhood in the municipality and district of Ümraniye, Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 13,700 (2022). Its land area is 42 hectares. The name of the neighborhood means literally "hill top" (Tur ...

, and on the northwest by State Road D.016 and the Ümraniye neighborhood of

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. Much of the northern part of the neighborhood is taken up by Trabzon Park. The Ihlamurkuyu Cemetery is outside the northern part of Ihlamurkuyu, in the Cemil Meriç neighborhood. The name of the neighborhood means literally "linden well" (

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: '' ıhlamur'' + ''

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''). Large-scale industry began coming to Ümraniye in the 1950s, including eventually the neighborhood of Ihlamurkuyu.

References

{{reflist Neighbourhoods in Ümraniye District