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FATİH Fatih is one of the largest and central districts of Istanbul, Turkey, in the heart of the city. Since it constitutes the old quarter of the city conquered by Mehmed II the Conqueror, even today it is also called as the "real Istanbul" or the "first Istanbul".

HİSTORY(Previously, Eminönü was also a part of Fatih district. Today Fatih and Eminönü constitute the old Istanbul peninsula, which was formerly the Constantinople.) Fatih sits within the Roman walls, is home to Fatih Mosque, the first prominent Ottoman mosque in Istanbul. Since it is the primary historical area of the city, it contains some of the most important historical monuments in the city

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The name "Fatih" comes from the emperor Fatih Sultan Mehmet, and means in Arabic the 'conqueror'. The Fatih Mosque built by Mehmet II is here in the district, his resting place is next to the Mosque and is much visited. It was on the ruins of a church, destroyed by earthquake and years of war, that the Fatih mosque was built, and around the mosque a large prayer school

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TODAYImmediately after the conquest groups of Islamic scholars had occupied the major churches of Aya Sofya and the Pantocrator (today Zeyrek Mosque) but the Fatih complex was the first purpose built Islamic seminary within the city walls. The building of the mosque complex ensured that the area continued to thrive beyond the conquest; markets grew up to support the thousands of workers involved in the building and to supply them with materials, and then to service the students in the seminary

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