Selimpaşa

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Selimpaşa, known in Byzantine times as Epibates (sometimes as Epivates or Epibatos; Greek: 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]

Selimpaşa
Place name sign of Selimpaşa at state road D.100
Place name sign of Selimpaşa at state road D.100
Selimpaşa is located in Turkey
Selimpaşa
Selimpaşa
Location in Turkey
Selimpaşa is located in Istanbul
Selimpaşa
Selimpaşa
Selimpaşa (Istanbul)
Coordinates: 41°03′14″N 28°22′01″E / 41.054°N 28.367°E / 41.054; 28.367
CountryTurkey
ProvinceIstanbul
DistrictSilivri
Population
 (2022)
23,378
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

The town is located on the northwestern coast of the Marmara Sea, 50 km (31 mi) west of Istanbul and 13 km (8.1 mi) 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]

References

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  1. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. ^ Kanun No. 5747, Resmî Gazete, 22 March 2008.
  4. ^ "Saint Petca Parasceva". Patron Saints Index. 2010. Archived from the original on June 15, 2010. Retrieved March 31, 2010.