Göztepe

Göztepe is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 40,858. The name, literally meaning "eye hill" in English, was coined to honor Gözcü Baba, the nickname of the watchman of a dervish lodge situated on a hill there.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Suburb with 38,600 residents
  • Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Kadıköy, İstanbul–Asia, northwestern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Goeztepe”, “Göztepe, Istanbul”, and “Göztepe, Kadıköy”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tütüncü Mehmet Efendi Mosque and İstanbul Toy Museum.

Mosque
Photo: M. PINARCI, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Museum
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The is a toy museum located in the Göztepe neighbourhood of district in , . The museum was founded by the Turkish poet and novelist, Sunay Akın, in 2005.

Railway station
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
Göztepe station is a historical railway station in , . Between 1969 and 2013, it was a station on the Haydarpaşa suburban railway line to .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Merdivenköy and Erenköy.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the district, . Its northern border is the D.100 highway, with the and districts on the other side.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the district inside of , . The population of is 34,684. The area of the neighbourhood is 1.351 km2.

Quarter
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is an informal neighbourhood in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is roughly located west of Göztepe 60. Year Park and east of Selamiçeşme, between the neighbourhoods of and on the Bağdat Avenue.

Göztepe

Latitude
40.97872° or 40° 58′ 43″ north
Longitude
29.06668° or 29° 4′ 0″ east
Population
38,600
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
United Nations Location Code
TR GOZ
Open location code
8GGFX3H8+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 251355458
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
746514
Wiki­data ID
Q1559987
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Göztepe” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كوزتبى”
  • Azerbaijani: “Göztəpə”
  • Catalan: “Göztepe”
  • Chechen: “Гоьзтепе”
  • German: “Göztepe”
  • Irish: “Göztepe”
  • Italian: “Göztepe, Kadıköy”
  • Italian: “Göztepe”
  • Japanese: “ギョズテペ”
  • Turkish: “Göztepe, İstanbul”
  • Turkish: “Göztepe, Kadıköy”
  • Turkish: “Göztepe”
  • Ukrainian: “Гьозтепе (Кадикьой)”
  • Ukrainian: “Гьозтепе”
  • Urdu: “گوزتپہ، قاضی کوئے”
  • Urdu: “گوزتپہ”
  • Uzbek: “Göztepe”
  • “Göztepe”

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