Küçükçekmece City in Istanbul

Küçükçekmece is located in the west of the European side of Istanbul and thecounty is deployed around the Lake of Küçükçekmece. The county was a district of Bakırköy until 1987, but after this date, Küçükçekmece was left from Bakırköy and was a county having 27 districts. There are many sterams and lakes in the county and we can say that it is feature rarely found in Istanbul because there are very rare counties which include a lake and one of which is Küçükçekmece.

There are various opinions on how the region takes the name. One of them is like this. Passengers who were passing across the lake that was marsh were got in a boat. While passing, people who pulling passengers put the names passages of the lake Büyükçekmece and Küçükçekmece because of the sets like cage. Beside this story, an anecdotal note which was found in Log Books of Foundation confirms the story, the note was like Çekmek-i Küçük (pulling small). but it is strange the lake of Büyükçekmece is smaller than the lake of Küçükçekmece, however, the paradox can be removed that the lakes were named by looking at the length of bridges.

We said there are streams and lakes, they are,

1) The Lake of Küçükçekmece

2) Sazlı River

3) Nakkaş Creek

There are not much unplanned constructions in the county and plans of buildings are in accordance with the development. Especially after becoming a county, the unplanned constructions have been completely eliminated and public houses have been started to be built. Küçükçekmece begin to gain more importance with facilitating the transportation. In addition that, the county’s industrialization has been accelerated and the county has contributed to industrial zone.

The county has also an important cultural background. The most significant cultural centers are Culture and Art Center in Cennet (paradise) and Sefaköy Culture and Art Center. You can participate in the various events and activities in Küçükçekmece and you can enjoy.