Küçükmustafapaşa

Küçükmustafapaşa is a quarter in Historical Peninsula, Istanbul. Küçükmustafapaşa is situated nearby to the suburb Yavuz Sultan Selim, as well as near Cibali.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Golden Horn and Gül 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.

Gül Mosque

Mosque

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Gül Mosque is a former Byzantine church in Istanbul, Turkey, converted into a mosque by the Ottomans. It is in Vakıf Mektebi Sokak in the district of Fatih, Istanbul, in the neighbourhood of Ayakapı.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fener and Unkapanı.

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.

Unkapanı

Quarter

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Unkapanı is a quarter.

Vefa

Quarter

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Vefa is part of the district of Fatih in Istanbul, and lies inside what was once the old walled city of Constantinople. It lies roughly northwest of the eastern section of the Aqueduct of Valens, and is rich in monuments, both Byzantine and Ottoman.