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Karaköy

Karaköy, the modern name for the old , is a commercial quarter in the district of , Turkey, located at the northern part of the mouth on the European side of Bosphorus.
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Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
  • Type: Quarter
  • Description: city quarter in Beyoğlu, Istanbul
  • Also known as: “Karakoey”, “Karaköy, Istanbul”, “Oun-Kapan”, and “Unkapanı”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Golden Horn and Galata Tower.

Photo: VikiPicture, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the district of surrounding the banks of the body of water of the same name, which is a bay of the Bosphorus along its western, European coast.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The , officially the Museum, is a medieval Genoese in the part of the district of , . Built as a watchtower at the highest point of the mostly demolished Walls of Galata, the tower is now an exhibition space and museum, and a symbol of Beyoğlu and Istanbul.

Mosque
Photo: Myrabella, Public domain.
, officially the Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in , . It was formerly a church and a .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bereketzade and Galata.

Suburb
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a suburb.

Quarter
Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0.
is the former name of the Karaköy neighbourhood in , which is located at the northern shore of the . The district is connected to the historic district by several bridges that cross the Golden Horn, most notably the .

Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a quarter in the district of , , running downhill from to the shore of the Bosphorus where it joins up with Karaköy to the southwest and to the northeast.

Karaköy

Latitude
41.02344° or 41° 1′ 24″ north
Longitude
28.97722° or 28° 58′ 38″ east
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
8GHC2XFG+9V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6263071172
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
738354
Wiki­data ID
Q2706262
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Karaköy” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Karaköy”
  • Arabic: “قره كوي”
  • Armenian: “Քարաքյոյ”
  • Armenian: “Քարաքոյ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Karaköy”
  • Catalan: “Karaköy”
  • Chechen: “Каракоьй”
  • Chinese: “卡拉柯伊”
  • Dutch: “Karaköy”
  • French: “Karaköy”
  • German: “Karaköy”
  • Greek: “Καράκιοϊ”
  • Hungarian: “Karaköy”
  • Indonesian: “Karaköy”
  • Irish: “Karaköy”
  • Italian: “Karaköy”
  • Japanese: “カラキョイ”
  • Macedonian: “Караќој”
  • Malay: “Karaköy, Istanbul”
  • Malay: “Karaköy”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karaköy”
  • Portuguese: “Karakoy”
  • Portuguese: “Karaköy”
  • Russian: “Каракёй”
  • Spanish: “Karaköy”
  • Turkish: “Karaköy, İstanbul”
  • Turkish: “Karaköy”
  • Ukrainian: “Каракьой”
  • Urdu: “قرہ کوئے”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Karaköy”. Photo: A.Savin, FAL.