Paşakapısı Prison

Paşakapısı Prison is a small prison located in district of , . First built in 1799 on orders of the Ottoman sultan Selim III as a hunting palace, the facility was used as a school for nuns between 1918 and 1923.
pasakapisicik.adalet.gov.tr
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Wikipedia
Photo: Özgür Arda BAYRAM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Prison
  • Description: prison in Turkey
  • Also known as: “Paşakapısı Kapalı Ceza İnfaz Kurumu”
  • Address: Tunus Bağı Caddesi 1, salacak Mahallesi, İstanbul, Uskudar, 34668

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Leander Tower and İhsaniye Mosque.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The Maiden's Tower, also known as Leander's Tower since the Byzantine period, is a tower on a small islet at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait, 200 m from the coast of in , . is situated 1 km northwest of Paşakapısı Prison.

Mosque
Photo: Karakalem, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 130 metres southwest of Paşakapısı Prison.

Mosque
Photo: Karakalem, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 170 metres northwest of Paşakapısı Prison.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salacak and Üsküdar.

Suburb
Photo: A.Cihan CÖMERTEL, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 9,522. It is located on the Asian shore of the , to the south of the historic center of Üsküdar.

Town
Photo: Meskalam, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality and district of . Its area is 35 km2, and its population is 524,452. It is a large and densely populated district on the shore of the Bosphorus.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the municipality and district of , , . It is on the side of the city and is bordered on the northwest and northeast by the district of , on the east and southeast by the Kadıköy neighborhood of , and on the southwest by the Kadıköy neighborhood of .

Paşakapısı Prison

Latitude
41.01661° or 41° 0′ 60″ north
Longitude
29.01436° or 29° 0′ 52″ east
Operator
http://www.pasakapisicik.adalet.gov.tr/
Open location code
8GHF2287+JP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 805388517
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­prison
Wiki­data ID
Q7157107
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In Other Languages

From Spanish to Turkish—“Paşakapısı Prison” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Öğretmenler Parkı and Üsküdar Cezmi Or Verem Savaş Dispanseri.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Üsküdar Anadolu İmam Hatip Lisesi and Paşakapısı.

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