Baltalimanı
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Baltalimanı is a bay and neighborhood near the European coast of Bosporus, in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul, Turkey. The name means "axe port" in Turkish ("balta", axe + "liman", port).
The bay is famous for the Treaty of Balta Liman, signed between The United Kingdom and the Ottoman Empire on May 1, 1849.
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