Bahçeköy, Sarıyer 3.51

Bahçeköy is a neighborhood of Sarıyer district in Istanbul Province, Turkey.Bahçeköy is situated 8km from Sarıyer.It is bordered by Fatih Forest, Çayırbaşı, Büyükdere, Kemerburgaz, Zekeriyeköy and Gümüşdere.Institutions within its boundaries are Faculty of Forestry, Forestry Administration, Water and Sewerage Authority. A number of historic dams, Belgrad Forest, Bentler Nature Park, Atatürk Arboretum are visitor attractions of Bahçeköy.BackgroundThe establishment of Bahçeköy goes back to 1521 in the Ottoman Empire. Later, Muslim Turks from Salonica Vilayet, former territory of the Ottoman Empire, were setlled here in the frame of population exchange between Greece and Turkey agreed with the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923. The settlement received migration from all over Turkey. As of 2010, the population of Bahçeköy is 3,870.Following a local referendum, the settlement gained the right to be converted from a village status into a municipality. The first mayor election took place in 1997. In 2008, Constitutional Court of Turkey annulled its status as a municipality, and it became a neighborhood of Sarıter district.