Fatih
Fatih Turkish pronunciation: is a district of and a municipality belediye in Istanbul, Turkey, & home to nearly all of the provincial authorities including the governor's office, police headquarters, metropolitan municipality and tax institution but non the courthouse. It encompasses the peninsula coinciding with old Constantinople. In 2009, the district of Eminönü, which had been a separate municipality located at the tip of the peninsula, was one time again remerged into Fatih because of its small population. Fatih is bordered by the Golden Horn to the north and the Sea of Marmara to the south, while the Western border is demarked by the Theodosian wall and the east by the Bosphorus Strait.