Florya

Florya is a part of Bakırköy district of the greater Istanbul. It is located along Marmara Sea, and borders to the northeast the neighbourhood of Yeşilköy, to the northwest that of Küçükçekmece. It is one of the high class and rich areas of Istanbul.Florya's name, according to the Byzantine scholar Michael Psellos, who found it cited in an imperial Chrysobull, comes from the Greek word "Phlorion". Janin, 414] It derives possibly by a certain Florus, who lived in this neighborhood during the early Byzantine age. Janin, 414]

Ataturk, the founder and the first president of Turkey, used to spend his free time in his Florya Palace by swimming and enjoying the beautiful sandy beach.

Famous Turkish Sports Club Galatasaray SK has the club's training facilities in Florya. Also Turkish Third division team "Bakirkoyspor" plays its home games in Şenlikköy Stadium which is located in Florya.

"Florya Koleji", "Istek Vakfi", "Ilke Koleji" , "Bahçeşehir Koleji" , "Selim Pars Koleji" are some of the private colleges in the area.

One part of the neighbourhood is also called "Şenlikköy".

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*cite book
last=Janin
first= Raymond
title=Constantinople Byzantine
publisher=Institut Français d'Etudes Byzantines
location=Paris
year=1950