News

• Horhor Fountains Flowing Once Again

  27.12.2021 Being one of our distinctive and elegant fountains in Fatih, which is home to the most distinguished examples of fountains that reflect the water architecture, Horhor Fountain is filled with water once again following the maintenance and repair works. More...
• Turuncu Koltuk Hosts Its First Guests

  5.1.2022 In Turuncu Koltuk where visitors talk about their library experiences by standing in front of the camera, we hosted special names, including Mahmut Özer, Minister of National Education, and Mustafa Varank, Minister of Industry and Technology. More...
• Fatma Ayran, Turkey's Youngest Sedefkar

  23.12.2021 We talked to Fatma Ayran, the youngest Sedefkar of Turkey, who sometimes reveals her own dreams, sometimes revives history with traditional motifs, and sometimes revealed special works to which she has attributed special meanings, about the subtleties and difficulties of her art, of which she is a veteran with love, and many other things in her workshop in Sultanahmet… More...
• Fatih Will Have a Historical and Green Area with the Land Walls Public Garden Project

  22.12.2021 Fatih and Istanbul will have a historical and green area with many social facilities with the Land Walls Public Garden, which will be realized by Fatih Municipality in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, and TOKİ (Housing Development Administration of Turkey). More...
• Project Works Continue on Sirkeci Kazlıçeşme Rail System Line

  23.11.2021 Our efforts continue at full speed on the “Sirkeci Kazlıçeşme Urban Transportation and Recreation Project”, where views of the Marmara Sea will accompany you while traveling between districts, visiting Sirkeci, Cankurtaran, Kumkapı, Yenikapı, Cerrahpaşa, Kocamustafapaşa, Yedikule and Kazlıçeşme stations. More...
• Stray Animals Treatment Center Is Put Into Service

  26.10.2021 Continuing its activities to improve living and health conditions of stray animals with “Animal Friendly Municipality” understanding, Fatih Municipality brought in Stray Animals Treatment Center to the district. More...
• Pedestrianization Gave a Breath of Fresh Air to Laleli

  15.10.2021 “Pedestrianization of Ordu Street and Surrounding Area and Traffic Circulation Project” implemented by Fatih Municipality with UKOME decision, gave a breath of fresh air to Laleli Region, which is an important trade and tourism center of the district. More...
• Watcher of Hand Engraving Profession: Berç Melikyan

  14.10.2021 Keeping engraving tradition alive and standing out with numerous artworks he made for global leaders, ministers, businessmen, and artists including, first and foremost President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the 9th President Süleyman Demirel, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, Master Hand Engraver Berç Melikyan in addition to designing the container of the Prophet Muhammad's beard (Sakal-i Serif), considers himself the watcher of this cultural heritage that he wants to keep alive. More...
• Piano Repairman Of Ayvansaray Mustafa Bardakçi

  15.9.2021 After Mustafa Bardakçı moved to Istanbul with his family in 1967 from Kastamonu İnebolu, he started to spend all his time among pianos when we started to work at piano gallery his brother-in-law Necati Özgül owns in Şişhane. For years Bardakçı has been curing pianos just like a doctor. More...
• Yedikule Fortress

  16.9.2021 Yedikule Fortress (Yedikule Hisarı) is one of the most magnificent monuments of Byzantine and Ottoman cultural heritage. Two different periods have been living side by side for centuries without overlapping each other. More...
• The Restoration of the Grand Bazaar Has Reached the Final Stage

  16.9.2021 The restoration work on the Grand Bazaar, the largest and oldest covered bazaar in the world, has reached its final stage. The restoration works on the main walls, floor coverings, store facade design and hand-drawn works of Grand Bazaar, which is carried out by the Governorate of Istanbul, Fatih Municipality and the Grand Bazaar Administration; are in full swing. More...
• Balat Merkez Confectionery

  16.9.2021 A Place that Has Kept the Akide Candy (Traditional Hard Candy) Tradition Alive for 142 years More...
• Fatih Municipality Carries Out Another Magnificent Work of Art

  12.6.2021 The work titled 'Revnakoğlu's Istanbul-Inner History of Istanbul: Fatih', compiled by Prof. Dr. Mustafa Koç with the contributions of Fatih Municipality, met with the readers. More...