2. Istanbul was announced by the European
Union as the 2010 European Capital of
Culture
You can see a modern western city
combined with a traditional eastern city
+14 million people living in this city
62 Cultural centers
68 Art galleries
Newspapers: 337 local and 28 national
papers
Media: 15 TV stations and 130 radio
stations
63 museums
Istanbul in
numbers
Tourists: 11.842.983 (2014)
64 historic mosques
47 Universities (30% of total
universities of Turkey are in
Istanbul)
3. Istanbul is the only city in the world which
is both in Europe and Asia geographicaly
Istanbul was the capital city of three major
Empires: Eastern Roman Empire,
Byzantine Empire, and Ottoman Empire
during their rule
Grand Bazaar is the biggest old covered
bazaar in the world, with over 3.000 shops
Hagia Sophia was the largest church in the
world for about 900 years
At the moment there are two international
airports; one on the Asian side one on the
European side. The third one is under
construction
Historical path
5. Has an intelligent signalization system, electronic enforcement
system
Traffic congestion and emergency management center, talking
roads & talking
Vehicles (connected vehicles), parking automation system with
unmanned
Payment points, e-payment card, smart bus stops, special info
points at bus
Stops for disabled people carrying cards
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6. Since 2011, Istanbul has pedestrianized
295 streets — through infrastructure
upgrades and by making it easier for
people to use trains, ferries, buses, and
bicycles rather than cars
A survey of local students, residents, and
business owners found that 80% of the
local community feels safer and approves
of the changes. Residents surveyed noted
the changes improved the ease of
commuting, made neighborhoods quieter,
and improved air quality
ENVIRONMETALLY FRIENDLY
7. Istanbul Foundation For Culture And Arts
Istanbul and Arts
The arts to create an international platform
of communication
Founded in 1973
The initial goals is to offer the
finest examples of cultural and artistic
production from around the world and
introducing new initiatives
and movements to arts enthusiasts
in Istanbul
Further goals included
presenting the cultural and artistic assets
of Turkey to the world and turning Istanbul into
a major center within the international culture and arts
community.
8. SMART INFRASTRUCTURE
Istanbul is part of the CitySDK (Smart City Service Development
Kit and its application Pilots) project, which is funded by the
European Union’s ICT Policy Support Program as part of the
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Program (CIP) and
led by Forum Virium Helsinki. CitySDK is a pan-European project
that will create a service development kit enabling the creation of
applications across partner cities in the domains of smart mobility,
smart tourism and smart participation.
9. Come to Istanbul for Hackathonist
The interesting of developping
and useful applications
Hackathon events
Through this event someone can develop smart city
applications by using CitySDK APIs on three domains: smart
mobility, smart tourism and smart participation. The use of
CitySDK APIs will be told and shown to the participated
developers by the technical team of the Project. Besides the
CitySDK APIs, It is also planned to let the developers develop
interesting and useful applications by using various APIs.
10. ‘’THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION’’
CHRISTINA CHARALAMPIDOU
MARIETA CHRISTOPOULOU
EFI TZOUMANI