Bakirkoy

Description

Bakırköy is a neighborhood, municipality and district on the European side of İstanbul, Turkey. The quarter is densely populated, has a residential character and is inhabited by an upper middle class population. The municipality of Bakırköy is much larger than the quarter and also includes several other neighborhoods. Bakırköy lies between the D.100 highway and the coast of the Sea of Marmara. Bakırköy has a large psychiatric hospital called ``Bakırköy Ruh ve Sinir Hastalıkları Hastanesi``, and is an important shopping and commercial center. The center of Bakırköy is an important commercial district. There is a huge shopping district, a range of cinemas, bars and cafés. Now the council is trying to smarten up the shopping district by pedestrianising more of it and putting in fountains etc.