Çarşamba

Çarşamba is a small part of the district of , , close to the . 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…
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: quarter in Marmara, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Carsamba” and “Çarşamba, Fatih”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Golden Horn and İsmailağa Mosque.

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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.

Mosque
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Mosque
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The , also known as the Church of Theotokos Pammakaristos, is one of the most famous Byzantine church buildings in , , and was the last pre-Ottoman building to house the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fener and Unkapanı.

Quarter
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, also spelled Phanar, is a quarter midway up the in the district of in , 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.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 12,024. It is in the European part of .

Çarşamba

Latitude
41.02634° or 41° 1′ 35″ north
Longitude
28.94825° or 28° 56′ 54″ east
Elevation
66 metres (217 feet)
Open location code
8GHC2WGX+G8
Geo­Names ID
8624504
Wiki­data ID
Q8077543
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Çarşamba” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جهارشنبة”
  • Dutch: “Çarşamba”
  • Italian: “Çarşamba”
  • Mazanderani: “چهارشنبه، استانبول”
  • Persian: “چهارشنبه، استانبول”
  • Persian: “چهارشنبه”
  • Portuguese: “Çarşamba”
  • Turkish: “Çarşamba, Fatih”
  • Turkish: “Çarşamba”
  • Urdu: “چارشنبہ، فاتح”

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Highlights include Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols and Petrion Fort / κάστρον τῶν Πετρίων / kastron tōn Petriōn.

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