
Selimpaşa, known in
Byzantine times as Epibates (sometimes as Epivates or Epibatos) ( el, Επιβάτες), is a small town in the European part of
Turkey, near
Silivri
Silivri, formerly Selymbria (Greek: Σηλυμβρία), is a city and a district in Istanbul Province along the Sea of Marmara in Turkey, outside the urban core of Istanbul, containing many holiday and weekend homes for residents of the city. The ...
in
Istanbul Province.
The city is located on the northwestern coast of the
Marmara Sea, west of Istanbul and east from Silivri on the highway . Selimpaşa today is a summer resort with long sandy beaches.
The town is the native place of the
Orthodox
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Religion
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saint
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Paraskevi and was populated mostly by Greeks until the population exchange in the 1920s.
References
Populated places in Istanbul Province
Seaside resorts in Turkey
Fishing communities in Turkey
Former_Greek_towns_in_Turkey
Neighbourhoods of Silivri
Towns in Turkey
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