Antigoni is the third largest island of the Prigkiponnisa. Its Greek population has recently dramatically reduced. Since the 19th century, the small fishing village of Antigoni developed into a significant resort for the urban middle-class Greek community of Constantinople.

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District of Bosporus, which people started referring to as Arnavutköy after the Fall of Constantinople and the translocation there of Albanians during the reign of Sultan Mehmed II. From the mid-19th century, the name “Mega Revma” (Great Stream) prevails. In the 17th century, Mega Revma was inhabited by Greeks, Jews and a few Muslims. A century later, Armenians also moved to the settlement. Post 1940 the number of Orthodox residents rapidly decreased.

District located in the outskirts of Galata, intensely cosmopolitan in character, seat to most of the foreign embassies of Constantinople (Istanbul), bur also a significant commercial centre all through the 19th century. Greek-Orthodox population was present in Pera since the 17th century and firmly organised, as indicated by the statute of the Greek Orthodox Stavrodromi community.

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Village near the European coast of the Bosporus, recreational resort for diplomats and the upper strata of Constantinople during the 19th century. Besides the Orthodox residents, there were also Muslims, Jews and Armenians. The village’s Greek-Orthodox population diminished after WWI.

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Chalki (Heybeliada), stretching over 2.5 square kilometers, is the second largest island of the Princes' Islands complex, located between Antigoni (Burgazada), Pringipos (Büyükada) and Cape Maltepe on the coast of Asia Minor. For many centuries, the history of Chalki was closely related to the history of its great monasteries. Until the middle of the 19th century, the majority of the inhabitants were Greek fishermen. Nowadays, its Christian Orthodox population numbers around 100 people.

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Cibali is located along the city walls of the Golden Horn, shortly before Fanari (Fener) and very close to the modern site of Unkapı. Right after the Ottoman conquest the area was inhabited by Christian Orthodox and Jews, whereas during the 19th century it became the home of Greek Orthodox immigrants from the Balkans and Asia Minor. With the signing of the Lausanne treaty and the exchange of populations, the Orthodox community started weakening numerically.

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District between the sixth and the seventh hill of Constantinople with an important proportion of Greek orthodox population that diminished greatly after 1923; after 1955 Greeks gradually abandoned the area, heading towards bigger and more central communities.

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The Eğri Kapu district is located by the gate of the same name in Constantinople, close to the Blachernai Palace. The area had been populated from the Byzantine period and after the Fall continued being one of the districts inhabited by Christian Orthodox population. During the 19th century a boom is recorded regarding the establishment of associations and societies. After the foundation of the Turkish Republic the community of Eğri Kapu gradually declines.