Ümbraniye is a working class suburb of Istanbul, Turkey with a large Kurdish population. This article is about the city. ... Kurds are one of the Iranian peoples and speak Kurdish, a north-Western Iranian language related to Persian. ...

It is just north of Uskudar but shares little of it's charm. It's population grew far beyond it's capabilites during the 1970's and 80's due to migration to the cities from the rural areas of Anatolia. There do exist one or two Mosques of historical importance and in between Uskudar and Umraniye can be found the 'Cilehane' of the Sufi saint Aziz Mahmud Hudayi (A Cilehane (Chile-Hane) was where Sufis would go to pray in seclusion) Üsküdar (ancient Scutari) was a city in Bithynia in Anatolia. ... Anatolia ( Greek: ανατολή anatolē or anatolí, rising of the sun or East; compare Orient and Levant, by popular etymology Turkish Anadolu to ana mother and dolu filled), also called by the Latin name of Asia Minor, is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to the Asian portion of... A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. ... Üsküdar (ancient Scutari) was a city in Bithynia in Anatolia. ... Sufism (Arabic تصوف taṣawwuf) is a system of esoteric philosophy commonly associated with Islam. ... Sufism (Arabic تصوف taṣawwuf) is a system of esoteric philosophy commonly associated with Islam. ...

Recent building projects including the construction of a large shopping mall have made it an attractive place for people to buy apartments especially as Umraniye is on a direct road that leads to the bridge linking Asian and European Istanbul. A car ride from Umraniye to Mecidiyekoy for example may only take around 20 minutes in good traffic.