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Çengelköy () is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of
Ãœsküdar Ãœsküdar () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 35 km2, and its population is 524,452 (2022). It is a large and densely populated district on the Anatolian (Asian) shore of the Bosphorus. It is border ...
,
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,
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. Its population is 13,801 (2022). It is on the Asian shore of the
Bosphorus The Bosporus or Bosphorus Strait ( ; , colloquially ) is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul, Turkey. The Bosporus connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and forms one of the continental bo ...
strait, between the neighborhoods of
Beylerbeyi Beylerbeyi is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Üsküdar, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 5,168 (2022). It is located on the Asian shore of the Bosporus, to the north of the Bosphorus Bridge. It is bordered on the ...
and Kuleli. It is mainly a residential district. Many mansions were built there in the Ottoman period. There is a
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called Aya Yorgi in the district, which is not used much today. Abdullah Ağa Mansion and Sadullah Pasha Mansion are important mansions in Çengelköy. From the 6th century, the port of Çengelköy was called ''Sophianai'' because of the palace
Justin II Justin II (; ; died 5 October 578) was Eastern Roman emperor from 565 until 578. He was the nephew of Justinian I and the husband of Sophia, the niece of Justinian's wife Theodora. Justin II inherited a greatly enlarged but overextended empir ...
built nearby for his consort Sophia. The name ''Çengelköy'' means "hook village" and the origin of the name is uncertain. One story put forward is that the village is named after the 19th-century Ottoman admiral Çengeloğlu Tahir Pasha, who had a mosque and waterside mansion built there (there is a Çengeloğlu Street in Çengelköy). Another story derives the name from the Persian word ''çenkar'', "
crab Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura (meaning "short tailed" in Greek language, Greek), which typically have a very short projecting tail-like abdomen#Arthropoda, abdomen, usually hidden entirely under the Thorax (arthropo ...
," because of the abundance of
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in the Bosphorus there. A 16th-century Ottoman document apparently refers to the place as "Çenger köyü." Çengelköy is world-famous for the small
cucumber The cucumber (''Cucumis sativus'') is a widely-cultivated creeping vine plant in the family Cucurbitaceae that bears cylindrical to spherical fruits, which are used as culinary vegetables.Kandıra Kandıra is a municipality and district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Its area is 840 km2, and its population is 52,874 (2022). Its neighbours are Kaynarca to the east, Adapazarı to the southeast, Ä°zmit to the south and Åžile to the west. ...
). Opened in 2015, the
Mehmet Çakır Cultural and Sports Center The Mehmet Çakır Cultural and Sports Center () is a cultural and sports complex located in Çengelköy neighborhood of Üsküdar district in Istanbul, Turkey. It is named after Mehmet Çakır, the former mayor of Üsküdar district. The center ...
, consisting of six indoor swimming pools, is the biggest sports complex on the
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n part of Istanbul. The
Vahdettin Pavilion Vahdettin Pavilion, a.k.a. Çengelköy Pavilion ( or ''Çengelköy Köşkü'') is the name of a rebuilt structure in Çengelköy neighborhood of Üsküdar district in Istanbul, Turkey. It is also the name of a historical timber mansion which stood ...
, also known as the Çengelköy Pavilion, an official residence of the
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and a state guest house, is situated on a hill in Çengelköy.


Education

The Çengelköy Campus of
Tarabya British Schools Tarabya British Schools (often abbreviated as TBS) also Özel Tarabya İngiliz Okulları (Turkish) is a private school in Tarabya and Yeniköy, Istanbul, that offers both national and international education through an integrated curriculum to b ...
is located in this neighbourhood.


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References

; Printed sources * * * Neighbourhoods of Üsküdar Bosphorus {{Istanbul-geo-stub