How to Read an Address in Istanbul, Turkey

On the last day of our adventure in Istanbul, I feel confident enough to explain the format of a street address here in Turkey.

Example:

GREENPARK HOTEL BOSTANCI

İçerenköy Mah. Manolya Sanayi Sok. No: 36 Ataşehir / İstanbul / Türkiye

Breakdown:

GREENPARK HOTEL BOSTANCI

İçerenköy Mah.  (1) Manolya Sanayi Sok. (2) No: 36 (3) Ataşehir (4) / İstanbul / Türkiye (5)

Explanation:

1: Neighborhood; the Greenpark Hotel BOSTANCI is the in İçerenköy neighborhood of Istanbul; Mah. stands for, I believe, mahelle, meaning 'district;' sometimes this part of the address is abbreviated as 'Mh.' which could stand for muhit, meaning 'neighborhood.'

2: Street; this is the actual name of the street the hotel is located on, in this case Manolya Sanayi Sok. Translated, the street name is Magnolia Industrial Street ('Sok.' is the abbreviation of the word sokak, meaning 'street').

3: Address Number; the hotel's numerical address number, in this case, 36.

4: District; the district of Istanbul that the hotel is located, also the district the neighborhood from point one is located. In this example, the district is Ataşehir, one of the 39 districts of Istanbul.

5: City, Country; fairly obvious: Istanbul, Turkey. Sometimes (Google Maps) a Turkish postal code may be listed before the city name, in the case of the hotel, it would then read 34752 Istanbul, Turkey.

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