Karaköy
Karaköy, the modern name for the old Galata, is a commercial quarter in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, located at the northern part of the Golden Horn mouth on the European side of Bosphorus.- Type: Quarter
- Description: city quarter in Beyoğlu, Istanbul
- Also known as: “Karakoey”, “Karakoy”, “Karaköy, Istanbul”, “Karaköy, İstanbul”, “Oun-Kapan”, and “Unkapanı”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Golden Horn and Galata Tower.
Hagia Sophia
Mosque
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bereketzade and Galata.
Karaköy
- Category: locality
- Location: Galata, Istanbul, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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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”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Karaköy”
- Persian: “کاراکوی”
- Portuguese: “Karaköy”
- Russian: “Каракёй”
- Spanish: “Karaköy”
- Turkish: “Karaköy”
- Ukrainian: “Каракьой”
- Urdu: “قرہ کوئے”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Kemankeş Karamustafa Paşa and Müeyyedzade.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Merkez Han (Karaköy) and Kemankeş Mosque.
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