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DTM–İstanbul Fuar Merkezi station

metro station in İstanbul, Turkey

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ21525028 ↗
Source-derived summary

DTM-İstanbul Fuar Merkezi is a station on the M1 line of the Istanbul Metro in Bakırköy, Istanbul. The station consists of an elevated island platform servicing two tracks within the Istanbul World Trade Center (Turkish: Dünya Ticaret Merkezi, DTM).

The station was opened on 20 December 2002 as part of the westward extension of the M1 to Atatürk Airport.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “DTM–İstanbul Fuar Merkezi station” is metro station in İstanbul, Turkey. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through İstanbul, Fuar and Merkezi, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2002—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2002. For this dossier, İstanbul, Fuar and Merkezi is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “metro station in İstanbul, Turkey” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q21525028. Authority coordinates are 40.986, 28.828. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2002.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “DTM–İstanbul Fuar Merkezi station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow DTM–İstanbul Fuar Merkezi station primary sources, DTM–İstanbul Fuar Merkezi station archive and İstanbul research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “DTM–İstanbul Fuar Merkezi station”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “DTM–İstanbul Fuar Merkezi station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.