Ataşehir, which consists of a total of 13 neighborhoods, was formed in 2008 by taking 1 neighborhood from Kartal District, 3 neighborhoods from Ümraniye District and 7 neighborhoods from Kadıköy District. However, 1 neighborhood taken from Üsküdar district was divided into 4 and the number of neighborhoods increased to 17. The division of Yeni Çamlıca Neighborhood, which was taken from Üsküdar District, into 4 is as follows; Yenişehir Neighborhood, Yeniçamlıca Neighborhood, Mevlena Neighborhood and Mimar Sinan Neighborhood.
Ataşehir Geographical Features and Environmental Conditions
Ataşehir, which is under the influence of the Marmara Sea climate, spends the summer season with hot weather and little rainfall, and the spring, fall and winter seasons with rainfall. Snowfall is seen in the winter season, especially in high areas. As seen throughout the province of Istanbul, Ataşehir District has a hilly location in parts. Ataşehir district has an advantageous location between 02 highway, E80, D100 and ring road. The district is bordered by Ümraniye in the north, Üsküdar in the west, Sancaktepe in the east, Maltepe in the south and southeast, and Kadıköy in the southwest.
Remains of the stone age period are found in the İçerenköy neighborhood of Ataşehir. Ataşehir, which is currently in the process of urban transformation, has shown a rapid development and growth with large residential centers, shopping malls, culture and art centers, industrial and commercial centers, public primary education, public secondary education, public high school education, public higher education and private primary education, private secondary education, private high school education, private higher education institutions. Thanks to urban transformation, Ataşehir has reached modern and high quality living standards and is becoming a center of trade, culture, art and science.
History of Atasehir
In May 1331, Orhan Gazi defeated the Byzantine King Andronicus III in the Kartal- Cevizlik region and advanced to the Üsküdar region. Commander Konuralp, one of Orhan Gazi's commanders, joined Orhan Gazi by taking Aydos Castle, Ayazma village on the western slopes of Kayış Mountain and now İçerenköy. When the region was taken over by the Ottoman Turks, the people coming from the Anatolian Region were first settled in Merdivenköy. In the Christian villages, successful clergymen such as Ali Gazi, Eren Baba, Sarı Gazi, Kartla Baba and hundreds of students of these clergymen were settled.
This is how the assimilation of the belief system was ensured. The people settled in these areas were united with the people of Rumelia in order to be protected against pirate raids. This is how the village of Tekkebağ was established in Üsküdar in 1335 and the only problem of the Tekkebağ'ı village was the lack of water. At that time, the Ottoman Turks had captured these areas, which had very large vineyards, a church, a bathhouse and a cistern. The priests and Byzantines were very sad to see these lands fall into Turkish hands.
