Çarşamba
Çarşamba is a small part of the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey, close to the Fatih Mosque. It is one of the most conservative areas of the city. According to the 17th-century Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi, the district takes its name from the town…| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: quarter in Marmara, Turkey
- Also known as: “Carsamba” and “Çarşamba, Fatih”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Golden Horn and İsmailağa Mosque.
Golden Horn
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The Golden Horn is the district of Istanbul surrounding the banks of the body of water of the same name, which is a bay of the Bosphorus along its western, European coast.
Pammakaristos Church
Mosque
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The Pammakaristos Church, also known as the Church of Theotokos Pammakaristos, is one of the most famous Byzantine church buildings in Istanbul, Turkey, and was the last pre-Ottoman building to house the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fener and Unkapanı.
Fener
Quarter
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Fener, also spelled Phanar, is a quarter midway up the Golden Horn in the district of Fatih in Istanbul, Turkey. The Turkish name is derived from the Greek word "phanarion", meaning lantern, streetlight or lamppost; the neighborhood was so called because of a column topped with a lantern which stood here in the Byzantine period and was used as a street light or lighthouse.
İskenderpaşa
Suburb
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İskenderpaşa is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 12,024. It is in the European part of Istanbul.
Çarşamba
- Category: quarter
- Location: Historical Peninsula, Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Çarşamba” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جهارشنبة”
- Dutch: “Çarşamba”
- Italian: “Çarşamba”
- Persian: “چهارشنبه، استانبول”
- Portuguese: “Çarşamba”
- Turkish: “Çarşamba, Fatih”
- Turkish: “Çarşamba”
- Urdu: “چارشنبہ، فاتح”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols and Petrion Fort / κάστρον τῶν Πετρίων / kastron tōn Petriōn.
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