Ortakoy

Name: Ortakoy
Address: Istanbul, Istanbul, TR

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Ortaköy is a Bosphorus-side neighbourhood in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, known for its waterfront mosque and square.

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Ortaköy Square's narrow streets and two- or three-storey houses with bay windows.

Ortaköy MosqueSee the mosque beside the Bosphorus; it is visible from passing boats.On the Bosphorus waterfront
Ayios Fokas ChurchThe 1856 church stands close to the mosque and synagogue.Near Ortaköy Square, with entrances from its back street and Muallim Naci Caddesi
Etz Ahayim SynagogueThe synagogue stands close to the mosque and church on the waterfront.Ortaköy waterfront
Esma Sultan MansionIts fire-damaged historic exterior surrounds a modern interior.Near the Bosphorus Bridge

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Ortaköy Mosque can be seen from passing boats on the Bosphorus.
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Ortaköy Mosque, Ayios Fokas Church and Etz Ahayim Synagogue stand close together, representing three religions.
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The square has narrow, organic streets and distinctive bay-windowed houses, mostly two or three storeys high.
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1992
The iron-cast fountain in the square was moved from Yıldız during improvements in 1992.
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16th centuryTurkish settlement grew on both slopes of the Ortaköy Deresi valley. Ortaköy and Mecidiye neighborhoods spread along the valley toward the shore.
18th centuryThe first version of Ortaköy Mosque was built.
1854–1856Sultan Abdülmecid I commissioned the current mosque, designed by Garabet Amira Balyan and Nigoğayos Balyan.
1871Çırağan Palace was built beside the Bosphorus between Beşiktaş and Ortaköy.
1910A fire badly damaged Çırağan Palace, which had also housed the Ottoman Parliament.

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1936About 700 Jewish families lived in Ortaköy.
1955Attacks on Greek and Armenian communities on 6–7 September accelerated the decline of the quarter’s minority population.
1980sÇırağan Palace was restored and later became a hotel.
2001Esma Sultan Mansion opened as a multipurpose event venue.

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Istanbul

Where is Ortaköy in Istanbul?

Ortaköy is a neighbourhood in Beşiktaş on Istanbul’s European shore of the Bosphorus.

What landmarks stand together on Ortaköy’s waterfront?

Ortaköy Mosque, Ayios Fokas Church and Etz Ahayim Synagogue stand close together.

Can you see Ortaköy Mosque from a boat?

Yes. The mosque beside the Bosphorus is visible from passing boats.

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