Aksaray, Istanbul

Aksaray
Neighborhood
Aksaray
Coordinates: TR 41°00′36″N 28°57′10″E / 41.01000°N 28.95278°E / 41.01000; 28.95278Coordinates: TR 41°00′36″N 28°57′10″E / 41.01000°N 28.95278°E / 41.01000; 28.95278
Country  Turkey
Region Marmara
Province Istanbul
District Fatih
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 34096
Area code 0-212
Underground market in Aksaray.

Aksaray (literally "White Palace" in Turkish) is a neighborhood in Istanbul, Turkey. Aksaray is a part of the district of Fatih. It is so named because it was founded by migrants from Aksaray in central Turkey, deported there by Mehmet II to repopulate the city after the Ottoman Conquest. [1] It also borders the neighborhood of Eminönü around the Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque. Aksaray has a modern appearance, with many hotels and shops, mostly active in trade with Russia and Romania. In Aksaray there is the end station of the line on the Istanbul LRT to the Atatürk International Airport in Yeşilköy

Hub for sex trafficking

Aksaray is also known as a hub for the illegal sex trafficking of young women from Romania, Moldova and Ukraine.[2] Some reports in the Turkish media have claimed that the neighborhood is especially prone to prostitution because it is a "no man's land" between two adjoining police jurisdictions, Fatih and Eminonu.[3]

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