Yenikapı

Yenikapı (Turkish pronunciation: ['jenikapɯ]) is a port and a quarter in Istanbul, Turkey, in the metropolitan district of Fatih on the European side of the Bosphorus, and along the southern shore of the city's historically central peninsula.

The commercial harbor, called the Harbour of Theodosius, in use between the 5th and the 10th centuries, was an alternative to Constantinople's traditional berths situated along the inlet of the Golden Horn.

The Yenikapı Transfer Center is also the site of an underground[3] mass rapid transit terminal, the construction of which was delayed by the massive excavations necessary for the project.

During the archaeological excavation at the Yenikapı Marmaray construction site, it has been learned that Istanbul's history dates back further than was previously thought, some 8,500 years.

[5] In 2020, archaeologists discovered animals remains and skeletons, including cats, dating back to the Byzantine period.