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The neighborhood profile pages are created by University of California, Berkeley students Agustine de Jesus, Amelia Sandgren, George Sicner, Lara Öge, Lukas Carbone, Melody Seraydarian, Yuxuan Du, and Yasmine Kaki under the Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program.
Kandilli/Κανδύλλι
Kandilli (Κανδύλλι/Kandylli) is a neighborhood on the Asian side of the Bosphorus. In ancient times it was known as “Ekhia” or “Ekhaia,”...
Lara Oge
Sep 113 min read
İstinye/Στένης
Postcard of İstinye (Source: Sebah & Jollier) Along the shore line of the Bosphorus following the neighborhoods of Tarabya and Yeniköy,...
yasmineakaki
Aug 274 min read
Altımermer/ Έξι Μάρμαρα
The Koca Mustafa Paşa Mosque near to district (Source: Özhan Öztürk) Altımermer’s modern boundary finds itself nestled between the...
yasmineakaki
Aug 114 min read
Büyükdere/Μπουγιούκ Ντερέ
Quai de Büyükdere, 1884 (Source: SALT Research) Büyükdere is a neighborhood on the northern European side of the Bosphorus strait....
sophiafaaland
Aug 66 min read
Beykoz & Paşabahçe / Μπέικος & Πασά–μπαχτσέ
Known as Dáphni (Δάφνη) in the Byzantine times, Beykoz is a neighborhood—now a district and municipality—that extends along more than...
Lara Oge
Jul 84 min read
Kuzguncuk/Κουσκουντζούκ
Pervititch Insurance Map (Source: Salt Research) In its early history, Kuzguncuk was likely a Byzantine settlement connected to the...
yasmineakaki
Jul 65 min read
Heybeliada/Χάλκη
“Island of Halki” Constantinople Postcard (Source: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Library) In the North Marmara Sea, the island of...
sophiafaaland
Jun 248 min read
Hasköy/Πικρίδιο
Hasköy(Πικρίδιο), or “imperial/fine village” in Turkish, is a neighborhood on the north waterfront of the Golden Horn. Earliest records...
yasmineakaki
Jun 214 min read
Ortaköy/Μεσοχώρι
Pervititch Maps colored according to community the structure belonged to: Muslim in yellow, Jewish in blue, Greek in orange, and Armenian...
yasmineakaki
Jun 214 min read
Beşiktaş / Διπλοκιόνιο
Beşiktaş (Διπλοκιόνιο) is a vibrant neighborhood on the European shore of Istanbul, known for its busy center called Çarşı (literally...
Lara Oge
Jun 125 min read
Feriköy/Φερίκιοϊ
Map of Pera Galata (Source: Turkish National Assembly Library Rare Collection) Feriköy is an ethnically diverse neighborhood situated in...
sophiafaaland
Mar 106 min read
Balıklı & Belgradkapı / Μπαλουκλί & Βελιγραδίου
The neighborhoods of Balıklı and Belgradkapı were concentrated at two ends of a single street, known in modern Istanbul as the...
yasmineakaki
Feb 246 min read
Edirnekapı/Εδίρνεκαπου
Corresponding to the Byzantine-era neighborhood of Deuteron, the neighborhood of Edirnekapı is named after the Edirne Gate—also known as...
Lara Oge
Oct 24, 20243 min read
Yeşilköy / Άγιος Στέφανος
Postcard of the Shore of Yeşilköy (Source: Salt Research) Yeşilköy's natural beauty and reputation as a quiet forested suburb on the...
yasmineakaki
Oct 8, 20245 min read
Topkapı/Τόπ καπι
The Gate of St. Romanus in the Theodosian Walls in Topkapı (Sources: Salt Research) Sitting along the Theodosian Walls of...
yasmineakaki
Sep 7, 20244 min read
Sarmaşık & Salmatobruk / Σαρμασικι & Σαλματοβρούκι
As mentioned in the Introduction post that laid out the framework used in the creation of these profiles, one of the greatest challenges...
Lara Oge
Sep 6, 20244 min read
Eğrikapı / Ἐγρίκαπου
Eğrikapı, formerly known as Charsia, is a neighborhood and former parish gathered around the I. Church of the Dormition of the Virgin...
Lara Oge
Aug 12, 20243 min read
Phanar / Fener / Φανάρι
Phanar (Φανάρι, Fener ) is a neighborhood on the historic peninsula with shores to the Golden Horn. It is the present-day center of the...
Lara Oge
May 20, 20245 min read
Introduction to the Neighborhood Profiles
Methodologies The Rum Neighborhoods Project was one of the first projects conceived in the Istanpolis Collaborative. In our first...
yasmineakaki
Apr 5, 20244 min read
Langa/Βλάνγκα
Insurance map of Langa (Source: Jacques Pervititch) Located at the bottom of the third of Istanbul’s Seven Hills, in the valley of the...
yasmineakaki
Apr 5, 20244 min read
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