| İstanbul | |||||||||
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| Vilayet of theOttoman Empire | |||||||||
| 1878–1922 | |||||||||
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| Population | |||||||||
• Muslim, 1914[1] | 560,434 | ||||||||
• Greek, 1914[1] | 205,752 | ||||||||
• Armenian, 1914[1] | 82,880 | ||||||||
• Jewish, 1914[1] | 52,126 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1878 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1922 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Turkey | ||||||||
TheVilayet of Constantinople[2] orIstanbul (Turkish:Vilâyet-i İstanbul) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of theOttoman Empire, encompassing the imperial capital,Constantinople (Istanbul).
It had a special organisation, as it was placed under the immediate authority of the Minister of Police (Zabtiye Naziri), who filled a role equivalent to the governor (wali) in other vilayets.[3]
It included Stamboul (the inner city, known in Turkish as Istanbul) and the quarters ofEyüp, Kassim Pacha,Pera andGalata, and all the suburbs fromSilivri on theSea of Marmara to theBlack Sea on the European side, and from Ghili on the Black Sea to the end of theGulf of İzmit on the Asiatic side.[3]
In 1878, a provincial structure, with a governor (wāli) and provincial officers, was established to perform the same functions within Constantinople that provincial authorities performed elsewhere in the Empire.[4]
Sanjaks and kazas, circa 1877:[3]
| Istanbul vilayet 1914 population[5] | |||||||||||||||
| Township | Muslim | % | Greek Orthodox | % | Armenian | % | Jewish | % | Others | % | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatih (Downtown) | 279,056 | 72.1% | 64,287 | 16.6% | 28,095 | 7.3% | 13,441 | 3.5% | 2,013 | 0.5% | 386,892 | ||||
| Bakırköy | 28,967 | 61.8% | 11,221 | 23.9% | 5,954 | 12.7% | 364 | 0.8% | 390 | 0.8% | 46,896 | ||||
| Adalar | 1,586 | 14.3% | 8,725 | 78.7% | 652 | 5.9% | 79 | 0.7% | 45 | 0.4% | 11,087 | ||||
| Beyoğlu | 117,267 | 44.9% | 75,971 | 29.1% | 30,642 | 11.7% | 31,080 | 11.9% | 6,135 | 2.4% | 261,095 | ||||
| Üsküdar | 70,447 | 63.1% | 19,832 | 17.8% | 13,949 | 12.5% | 6,836 | 6.1% | 579 | 0.5% | 111,643 | ||||
| Gebze | 26,220 | 81.6% | 5,856 | 18.2% | 47 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 21 | 0.1% | 32,144 | ||||
| Kartal | 8,257 | 45.0% | 6,862 | 37.4% | 3,216 | 17.5% | 13 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 18,348 | ||||
| Beykoz | 14,466 | 77.0% | 3,708 | 19.7% | 325 | 1.7% | 292 | 1.6% | 1 | 0.0% | 18,792 | ||||
| Şile | 14,168 | 61.4% | 8,913 | 38.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 23,081 | ||||
| Total | 560,434 | 61.6% | 205,375 | 22.6% | 82,880 | 9.1% | 52,126 | 5.7% | 9,163 | 1.0% | 909,978 | ||||
| Armenians: 72,962 Gregorian and 9,918 Catholic. The province has a total population of 1,213 Protestants and 387 Greek Catholics. | |||||||||||||||
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