Before the rapid increase of Istanbul population in the 1970s Yeşilköy was a village, famous mainly because there has been signed the Treaty of 1878 between Russia and the Ottoman Empire.
Before the rapid increase of Istanbul population in the 1970s Yeşilköy was a village and a sea resort. In Yesilköy the Russians had their headquarters during the war of 1878, and here was signed the Treaty of 1878 between Russia and the Ottoman Empire.