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.
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
  • 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.

The is the district of …

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The , officially the Museum…

Mosque
Photo: Myrabella, Public domain.
, officially the Grand…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bereketzade and Galata.

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

Quarter
is the former name of the Karaköy neighbourhood…

Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a quarter in the district…

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
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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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”

Places with the Same Name

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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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