Baltalimanı
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Coordinates: 41°05′N 29°03′E / 41.083°N 29.050°E Baltalimanı is a bay and neighborhood near the European coast of Bosporus, in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul, Turkey. The name means "arch port" in Turkish ("balta", arch + "liman", port).
The bay is famous for the Treaty of Balta Liman, signed between Russia and the Ottoman Empire on May 1, 1849.
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