Eyüp

Eyüp (pronounced [ˈejyp]) is a municipality (belediye) and district of the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The district extends from the Golden Horn all the way to the shore of the Black Sea. Eyüp is also the name of a prominent neighborhood and former village in the district, located at the confluence of the Kağıthane and Alibey streams at the head of the Golden Horn. The Eyüp neighborhood is a historically important area, especially for Turkey's Muslims. Some parts of Fatih, Çatalca and Sarıyer was joined and Eyüp became district centre in 1936. It had also present Gaziosmanpaşa and Bayrampaşa ones and has present boundaries after borough of Yayla was given to Sultangazi in 2009.