Bakırköy is a large, densely populated middle class residential suburb of İstanbul, Turkey on its European side, between the E5 main road and on the coast of the Sea of Marmara. Bakırköy is an important shopping and commercial center for İstanbul.
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Avcılar is a suburb of İstanbul,Turkey out of town on the European side of the city, just to the west of the Küçükçekmece inlet of the Sea of Marmara.