Selimpaşa, known in

Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman E ...

times as Epibates (sometimes as Epivates or Epibatos; ), is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

Silivri Silivri, formerly Selymbria (Greek language, Greek: Σηλυμβρία), is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 217,163 (2022). It lies along the Sea of Marmara, outsi ...

Istanbul Province Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

, in the European part of Turkey. Its population is 23,378 (2022). It was an independent municipality until it was merged into the municipality of Silivri in 2008. The town is located on the northwestern coast of the

Marmara Sea The Sea of Marmara, also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea, is a small inland sea entirely within the borders of Turkey. It links the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea via the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, separating Turkey's E ...

, west of Istanbul and east from Silivri on the highway D.100. The town is the native place of the 10th-century Orthodox saint St Paraskevi and was populated mostly by Greeks until the

population exchange Population transfer or resettlement is a type of mass migration that is often imposed by a state policy or international authority. Such mass migrations are most frequently spurred on the basis of ethnicity or religion, but they also occur d ...

in the 1920s. Most of these Greeks then founded the town of

Neoi Epivates Neoi Epivates () is a small suburban town outside Thessaloniki, next to Peraia. It is part of the municipality of Thermaikos in the Thessaloniki regional unit. The origin of the settlement was the arrival of 631 refugees from the town Epivates i ...

near Thessaloniki. Selimpaşa today is a summer resort with long sandy beaches.

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Seaside resorts in Turkey Fishing communities in Turkey Former_Greek_towns_in_Turkey Neighbourhoods of Silivri {{Istanbul-geo-stub