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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.
Balat / Παλάτια
Balat, a neighborhood on the coast of the Golden Horn, is in the modern district of Fatih on the historical peninsula of Istanbul. Its...
firuzan melike sumertas
Mar 29, 20247 min read
Ayvansaray / Ξυλοπόρτης
Ayvansaray is a neighborhood inside the city walls on the Golden Horn and on the northwestern side of the Historical Peninsula. The name...
Lara Oge
Mar 29, 20246 min read
Tekfursaray / Τεκφούρ σαράι
Tekfursaray is on the northwest of the historical peninsula and adjacent to the land walls in the area surrounding Tekfur Sarayı, a...
Lara Oge
Mar 29, 20243 min read
Samatya / Ψαμάθειά
Located inside the land walls, Samatya or Psamathia (Ψαμάθεια) in Greek, sits along the coast of the Marmara Sea, bordering the...
yasmineakaki
Mar 22, 20246 min read
Cibali/Τζιμπαλί
Located on the west bank of the Golden Horn, the neighborhood of Cibali sits on the Land Walls with its name deriving from the Cibali...
firuzan melike sumertas
Mar 22, 20245 min read
Üsküdar/Σκούταρη
1914 Map of Üsküdar (Source: Wagner & Debes) The Battle of Chrysopolis (Source: Giulio Romano) Founded in 686 BC as a Greek colony, the...
yasmineakaki
Jul 21, 20235 min read
Kadıköy / Χαλκηδόνα
The Council of Chalcedon (Source: Dionisius) Overlooking the Sea of Marmara southeast of the Golden Horn and located on Istanbul’s Asian...
yasmineakaki
Jul 17, 20234 min read
Bakırköy/Μακροχώρι
Bakirköy was founded in the second century by Emperor Septimius Severus as a Roman city called Septimum. Today it lies in European...
yasmineakaki
Jul 17, 20233 min read
Kurtuluş/ταταύλα
Insurance Map (Jacques Pervititch Kurtuluş, formerly known as Tatavla (ταταύλα), is a neighborhood in the Şişli district of Istanbul,...
yasmineakaki
Jul 17, 20235 min read
Yeniköy / Νεοχώρι
Located in the Sarıyer District along the European Coast of the Bosphorus, Yeniköy is sandwiched between the Istinye and Tarabya...
yasmineakaki
Jul 17, 20234 min read
Kumkapı / Κοντοσκάλι
“When I was a lad, I remember visiting Kontoskali…I thought I was in Greece, because there were so many Greek flags.” - Greek journalist...
yasmineakaki
Jul 17, 20234 min read
Büyükada/Πρίγκηπος
A map of Büyükada (Source: Istanbul Atatürk Library) Büyükada, or Prinkipo (Πρίγκηπος) in Greek, is the largest of the four main Prince's...
yasmineakaki
Jul 17, 20235 min read
Arnavutköy/Μέγα Ρεύμα
The Holy spring of Prophet Elias (Source: Travelogues Travellers' Views) Located on the European side of the Bosphorus Strait, sits the...
yasmineakaki
Jul 17, 20234 min read
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