Bakırköy Küfeki Stone: A Heritage Stone Nominee with regards to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Istanbul, Türkiye

Natural stone not only endures; it records cultural memory. Bakırköy Küfeki Stone, a Miocene biosparitic limestone, historically quarried near present-day Bakırköy where is a district in Istanbul, and as the relevant lithology is most commonly found within the boundaries of this district, the stone has been named accordingly underpinned the architectural fabric of Istanbul’s Historical Peninsula (UNESCO World Heritage Site), spanning the Roman and Ottoman eras (e.g. city walls, aqueducts, major