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[[File:Florya001.jpg|thumb|250px|Atatürk marine mansion in Florya]]
'''Florya''' is a quarter ({{langx|tr|semt}}) belonging to the [[Bakırköy]] district of the greater [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]. It is located along [[Marmara Sea]], and borders to the northeast the neighborhood of [[Yeşilköy]], to the northwest that of [[Küçükçekmece]]. Its residents are relatively affluent. Florya has two stations along the [[Marmaray|Marmaray Commuter Line]]: [[Florya railway station|Florya]] and Florya Akvaryum.

[[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]], the founder and the first president of Turkey, used to spend his free time in his [[Florya Atatürk Marine Mansion]] swimming and enjoying the beautiful sandy beach.

==Name==
Florya's name, according to the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] scholar [[Michael Psellos]], who found it cited in an imperial [[Chrysobull]], comes from the [[Greek Language|Greek]] word "Phlorion" (Φλώριον).<ref name=ja414>Janin (1964), p. 414</ref> It is possibly derived from a certain Florus, who lived in this neighborhood during the early Byzantine age.<ref name=ja414/> Until the 1920s the Ottoman name was "Fülürye".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/yazarlar/guneri-civaoglu/ruslarla-fulurye-oldu-florya-2643376 | title=Ruslarla 'Fülürye' Oldu 'Florya' }}</ref> 

One part of the neighborhood is also called ''[[Şenlikköy]]''.

==Facilities==
The [[Florya Atatürk Marine Mansion|Atatürk Marine Mansion]], once summer residence of [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] and a museum today, is located at the shore of [[Marmara Sea]].

Famous sports club [[Galatasaray SK]] has the [[Florya Metin Oktay Facilities|club's training facilities]] in Florya. Also İstanbul [[Super Amateur League]] team [[Bakırköyspor]] plays its home games in [[Şenlikköy Stadium]], which is located in Florya.

Florya Koleji, İstek Vakfı, İlke Koleji, Bahçeşehir Koleji are some of the local private colleges.

==Economy==
Airlines such as [[Freebird Airlines]] have their head office in Florya.<ref>"[http://www.freebirdairlines.com/en/bizeulasin.asp Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716192327/http://www.freebirdairlines.com/en/bizeulasin.asp |date=2014-07-16 }}." [[Freebird Airlines]]. Retrieved on 4 August 2011. "Yesilköy Cad. No:9 a Blok Daire:3-4 34153 Florya-Istanbul/TÜRKİYE"</ref> [[Onur Air]] previously had its head office in Florya.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20101229093920/http://www.onurair.com.tr/bize_ulasin_eng.aspx Communication]" () [[Onur Air]]. Retrieved on 17 February 2011. "Head Office Şenlikköy Mah. Çatal Sokak No. 3 34153 Florya - İstanbul/TÜRKİYE." [http://www.onurair.com.tr/images/bg-map-box.png Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317024715/http://www.onurair.com.tr/images/bg-map-box.png |date=2012-03-17 }}.</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
{{commonscat|Şenlikköy}}
*{{cite book 
 | last=Janin
 | first= Raymond
 | authorlink=Raymond Janin
 | title=Constantinople Byzantine
 | publisher=Institut Français d'Etudes Byzantines
 | location=Paris
 | language=French
 | edition=2
 | year=1964
}}
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[[Category:Bakırköy]]
[[Category:Beaches of Turkey]]


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