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Tavşantepe 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 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ46804700 ↗
Source-derived summary

Tavşantepe is an underground station of the M4 line of the Istanbul Metro. Located under beneath the D.100 state highway in the Doğu neighborhood of Pendik, Istanbul, it was opened on 10 October 2016 along with the 5 km (3.1 mi) expansion from Kartal to Pendik.

Editorial summary

“Tavşantepe station” enters the record as metro station in İstanbul, Turkey. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Tavşantepe, station and metro can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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—2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2016. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Tavşantepe, station and metro.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Tavşantepe station” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Tavşantepe, station and metro provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q46804700. Authority coordinates are 40.882, 29.249. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2016.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. 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.

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  • 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 “Tavşantepe station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Tavşantepe station primary sources, Tavşantepe station archive and Tavşantepe 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 “Tavşantepe station”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Tavşantepe 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.