Istanbul Fatih district, which was named after Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror (Turkish: "Fatih Sultan Mehmed"), corresponds to what was, until the Ottoman conquest in 1453, the whole of the city of Constantinople (today is the capital district and called the "historic peninsula" of Istanbul) on the southern shore of the Golden Horn, across the medieval Genoese citadel of Galata on the northern shore. The Genoese fortifications in Galata were largely demolished in the 19th century, leaving only the Galata Tower, to make way for the northward expansion of the city. Galata (Karaköy) is today a quarter within the Beyoğlu (Pera) district,
Galata (horse) October. Racing against colts for the first time, she sustained her first defeat as she finished third of the five runners behind John Gully's St Leger winner Margrave. At the next Newmarket meeting two weeks later, Galata ended her season by beating Salute, her only rival in a £50 Sweepstakes over the Ditch Mile. On this occasion she led from the start and won by three lengths, leading the "Sporting Magazine" to observe that Galata was most effective when allowed to run her own race as "any attempt to controul her defeats her altogether". Galata began her four-year-old season in