Galatasaray Küçükçekmece Rowing Center

Galatasaray Rowing Team is the men's and women's rowing section of Galatasaray S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. The club is based at Lake Küçükçekmece, in Kanarya neighborhood west of İstanbul.İhsan Emre Vural and his teammate Ahmet Yumrukaya became the first world-champions in the history of Turkey when they got first place in the 2004 World Rowing Under 23 Championships held in Poznań, Poland. In 2013, Galatasaray Rowing Team won Turkish Rowing Championship Cup.

Kanarya station (Turkish: Kanarya istasyonu) was a station on the Istanbul suburban in Küçükçekmece, Istanbul. Located along the eastern shore of Lake Küçükçekmece, it was the second westernmost stop on the line, before Halkalı. The station consisted of an island platform serving two tracks. Kanarya station was opened on 4 December 1955 by the Turkish State Railways as part of the electric commuter rail service from Sirkeci to Halkalı. The station saw its last train of 1 March 2013 and was demolished shortly after. The new Marmaray commuter rail system did not rebuild the station to modern standards, closing down Kanarya after over 57 years of service.

Rhegion (Ancient Greek: Ῥήγιον) was a town of ancient Thrace, inhabited during Byzantine times.Its site is located near Küçükçekmece in European Turkey.

Mustafa Kemal station (Turkish: Mustafa Kemal istasyonu), known as Soğuksu station until 2013, is a railway station on the Marmaray commuter rail line, in İstanbul, Turkey. It is located in Cumhuriyet neighborhood of Küçükçekmece district. The station is situated on İstasyon Street, east of Lake Küçükçekmece. The station was opened on 4 December 1955 for the start of commuter service between Sirkeci and Halkalı. In 2013, the station was closed down when commuter service was temporarily suspended for the rehabilitation of the railway and its stations. It was demolished and rebuilt with an expected opening date of 2015. However, due to numerous delays, the station did not reopen until 12 March 2019. Soğuksu is located 25.2 km (15.7 mi) from Sirkeci station, and 2.4 km (1.5 mi) from Halkalı station. Soğuksu was closed in 2013 due to the rehabilitation and construction of the new Marmaray line.

Halkalı station (Turkish: Halkalı garı) is the westernmost station on the Marmaray line as well as in Istanbul. The station also services regional trains to Edirne, Uzunköprü, Çerkezköy and international trains to Sofia. In summer there may be through trains to Bucharest too; for Belgrade you are likely to have to change several times. Halkalı station is 27.63 km (17.17 mi) from the Istanbul Sirkeci Terminal .

The Küçükçekmece Bridge (Turkish: Küçükçekmece Köprüsü), also known as the Küçükçekmece Mimar Sinan Bridge, is a stone arch bridge in Küçükçekmece district of Istanbul, Turkey. It was built by Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan and was completed in 1560.

Küçükçekmece railway station (Turkish: Küçükçekmece istasyonu) is a railway station in Küçükçekmece, Istanbul. The station was originally built in 1872 by the Oriental Railway. In 1955, the station was rebuilt as a stop on the Istanbul suburban commuter rail line until 2013, when the entire line was closed down for expansion and renovation. Küçükçekmece station was demolished as a new one was built just south of the former platform and a third track was added. The new station is expected to enter service towards the end of 2018 and will be a stop on the Marmaray commuter rail line.

The Çekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center (Turkish: Çekmece Nükleer Araştırma ve Eğitim Merkezi), known as ÇNAEM, is the primary nuclear research and training center of Turkey. The organization was established on March 6, 1958 as a subunit of Turkish Atomic Energy Administration (Turkish: Türkiye Atom Enerjisi Kurumu, TAEK) at Küçükçekmece district in the west of Istanbul. The organization's name was coined on August 12, 1960 in conjunction with its location.The groundbreaking of the facility at the eastern shore of Lake Küçükçekmece to house the country's first nuclear research reactor was held in 1959. After completion of the construction and the start of the operation of the research reactor, the official opening of the center took place on May 27, 1962 in the presence of President Cemal Gürsel.The center is directed by Ass. Prof. Dr. Gürsel Karahan.

Yeşilova Kemal Aktaş Stadium (Turkish: Yeşilova Kemal Aktaş Stadı) is a football stadium in Küçükçekmece district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is owned by the district municipality. It is the home ground of Galatasaray S.K. women's football team.The stadium is situated at Barbaros Ave. 30 in the Gültepe neighborhood of Küçükçekmece. Opened in 2011, it is owned by the Küçükçekmece Municipality. Formerly known as the Yeşilova Stadium, it was renamed in 2013 after the district resident Kemal Aktaş (1967–2008), a Galatasaray youth setup and former profession footballer died from heart attack during a friendly football game.The stadium has a seating capacity of 1,500 spectators. The pitch with the dimensions 57 m × 90 m (187 ft × 295 ft) has artificial turf ground.

Lake Küçükçekmece (Turkish: Küçükçekmece Gölü) is a lagoon located between the Küçükçekmece, Esenyurt and Avcılar districts of the European portion of Istanbul Province, northwestern Turkey. The lake is neighbored in the south by state road D.100 and in the north by the O-3 motorway (European route E80). The proposed controversial Istanbul Canal is intended to pass through the lake, though the so-called construction of the canal has been in-halt ever since its construction started by ceremony back in 2021.

Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University (Turkish: İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim Üniversitesi) is a Turkish private higher-education institution established by "İlim Yayma Vakfı" (literally: Foundation for Popularization of Science) on April 24, 2010. The education at the university began in the 2011–12 term.The university was named after Sabahattin Zaim (1926-2007), who was a professor of economics in the Faculty of Economics at Istanbul University until 1993. A Macedonian from birth, he served as the founding rector of the International University of Sarajevo in 2003-04 after he taught at several universities in and outside Turkey. He was also a founding member of İlim Yayma Vakfı.The university's main campus is located in Halkalı, Küçükçekmece, Faculty building is situated in Altunizade and the some Research Centers in Eyüp.

Küçükçekmece (pronounced [cyˈtʃyctʃecmedʒe]; meaning “small-drawer”, also from much earlier Rhagion, and Küçükçökmece as; “little breakdown" or “little depression”, in more ancient times just as Bathonea), is a suburb and district of Istanbul, Turkey, 23 kilometers west of the city centre and laying next to Lake Küçükçekmece. Both the lake and land reside on the European shore of the Sea of Marmara. It is the second most populous district of Istanbul, and has the third most populous sub-district neighborhood in Istanbul, Halkalı-Atakent.