Constantinople vilayet

İstanbul
Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire
1878–1922

Population 
• Muslim, 1914[1]
560,434
• Greek, 1914[1]
205,752
• Armenian, 1914[1]
82,880
• Jewish, 1914[1]
52,126
History 
• Established
1878
• Disestablished
1922
Preceded by
Succeeded by
İstanbul Eyaleti
Istanbul Province
Today part ofTurkey

The Vilayet of Constantinople[2] or Istanbul (Turkish: Vilâyet-i İstanbul, French: Vilayet de Constantinople) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, encompassing the imperial capital, Constantinople (Istanbul).

  1. ^ a b c d "1914 Census Statistics" (PDF). Turkish General Staff. pp. 605–606. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  2. ^ Geographical Dictionary of the World. Concept Publishing Company. p. 1796. ISBN 978-81-7268-012-1. Retrieved 20 May 2013.