Küçükbakkalköy

Küçükbakkalköy is a neighborhood in the municipality of Ataşehir on the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey. It is bounded on the northwest, north, and northeast by the Atatürk neighborhood, on the southeast by the Kayışdağı neighborhood, on the south by the İçerenköy neighborhood, and on the west by the Barbaros neighborhood.

The name Küçükbakkalköy means "little grocery village." The name is said to come from the market held in the Greek village that formerly existed there.[1]

The neighborhood is said to date from Byzantine times, with the neighborhood's Acısu Çeşmesi ("bitter water fountain") thought to be part of an old ayazma.[2]

Küçükbakkalköy is one of the historic Romani (Gypsy) neighborhoods of Istanbul, along with Sulukule, Selamsız, Çürüklük, Tophane, Çayırboyu, and Lonca. In 2006, there were reported to be 240 Romani households in the neighborhood.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Küçükbakkalköy Mahallesi." Ataşehir Belediyesi. URL: http://www.atasehir.bel.tr/Menu/kucukbakkalkoy-mahallesi Accessed 28 Dec. 2014.
  2. ↑ "Küçükbakkalköy Mahallesi."
  3. ↑ Seda Alp and Nejat Taştan. Türkiye'de Irk veya Etnik Köken Temelinde Ayrımcılığın İzlenmesi Raporu, 1 Ocak-31 Temmuz 2010. İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi İnsan Hakları Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi, İstanbul, 2011. URL: http://insanhaklarimerkezi.bilgi.edu.tr/docs/Irk_veya_Etnik_Koken_Izleme_Raporu.pdf Accessed 28 Dec. 2014.

External links

İstanbul Şehir Rehberi. URL: http://sehirrehberi.ibb.gov.tr

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