Selimpaşa Explained

Type:neighbourhood
Province:Istanbul
District:Silivri
Selimpaşa
Population Total:23378
Population As Of:2022
Coordinates:41.054°N 28.367°W

Selimpaşa, known in Byzantine times as Epibates (sometimes as Epivates or Epibatos; Greek, Modern (1453-);: Επιβάτες), is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silivri, Istanbul Province, in the European part of Turkey.[1] Its population is 23,378 (2022).[2] It was an independent municipality until it was merged into the municipality of Silivri in 2008.[3]

The town is located on the northwestern coast of the Marmara Sea, 50km (30miles) west of Istanbul and 13km (08miles) east from Silivri on the highway D.100. Selimpaşa today is a summer resort with long sandy beaches.

The town is the native place of the 10th-century Orthodox saint St Paraskevi the New and was populated mostly by Greeks until the population exchange in the 1920s.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle
  2. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 12 July 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
  3. https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2008/03/20080322M1-1.htm Kanun No. 5747
  4. Web site: Saint Petca Parasceva. 2010. Patron Saints Index. March 31, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100615013630/http://saints.sqpn.com/saintp2c.htm. June 15, 2010.