Büyükdere is a neighbourhood of
Sarıyer
Sarıyer () is the northernmost district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European side of the city. It consists of the neighbourhoods of Rumelifeneri, Tarabya, Yeniköy, İstinye, Emirgan and Rumelihisarı. Sarıyer also administers the Black Sea c ...
district in
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
,
Turkey
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. It is situated on the European shore of the
Bosphorus
The Bosporus Strait (; grc, Βόσπορος ; tr, İstanbul Boğazı 'Istanbul strait', colloquially ''Boğaz'') or Bosphorus Strait is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul in northwestern Tu ...
strait about southwest of Sarıyer. Its name means 'big stream' in Turkish, in reference to the river that used to flow into the Bosphorus here.
A major road,
Büyükdere Avenue
Büyükdere Avenue ( tr, Büyükdere Caddesi) is a major avenue which runs through the districts of Şişli (Esentepe quarter), Beşiktaş (Levent quarter) and Sarıyer (Maslak quarter) on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. It begins at Şi ...
, starts south of Büyükdere, and runs inland as far as
Şişli
Şişli () is one of the 39 districts of Istanbul, Turkey. Located on the European side of the city, it is bordered by Beşiktaş to the east, Sarıyer to the north, Eyüp and Kağıthane to the west, and Beyoğlu to the south. In 2009, Şi ...
.
In the 19th century Büyükdere, like neighbouring
Tarabya
Tarabya ( ota, Tarabiye, el, Θεραπειά, translit=Therapiá) is a neighbourhood in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is located on the European shoreline of the Bosphorus strait, between the neighbourhoods of Yeniköy, Istanbul, ...
, was a popular summer retreat for members of Istanbul's foreign and diplomatic community and it still has several churches and embassy buildings dating back to that period. There was then a Büyükdere ferry terminal but although it has been restored it has not been put back into use (partly because of the road that was built in front of it on reclaimed land), meaning that most access to the neighbourhood is by bus along the coast road.
Places of interest
The
Sadberk Hanım Museum
The Sadberk Hanım Museum ( tr, Sadberk Hanım Müzesi) is a private museum on the shores of the Bosphorus in the Büyükdere neighbourhood of Sarıyer district in Istanbul, Turkey. It was established by the Vehbi Koç Foundation in memory of ...
, a private archaeology and ethnography museum, is housed in what started life in
Ottoman times as the wooden
Azaryan (Vidalı) Yalısı or waterside mansion belonging to an Armenian member of parliament. The wealthy
Koç family
The Koç family is a Turkish family of business people founded by Vehbi Koç, one of the wealthiest self-made people in Turkey. His grandsons, the third generation of the Koç family, today run Turkey's largest group of companies, Koç Holding, ...
bought it as a home in the 1950s but in 1980 turned it into a private museum to house the collections of Turkish businessman
Vehbi Koç
Ahmet Vehbi Koç (20 July 1901 – 25 February 1996) was a Turkish entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Koç Holding, Koç Group, one of Turkey’s largest groups of companies. During his lifetime he came to be one of Turkey's wea ...
's wife, Sadberk Hanım
However, it is scheduled to open at a new site on the banks of the Golden Horn in 2023 as part of the Haliçport project. Nearby is a second museum building that houses the carpet and kilim collection of American explorer
Josephine Powell.
Büyükdere is home to a
Greek Orthodox
The term Greek Orthodox Church (Greek language, Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, ''Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía'', ) has two meanings. The broader meaning designates "the Eastern Orthodox Church, entire body of Orthodox (Chalced ...
church (Ayia Paraskevi Church, 1831),
a
Latin Catholic
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Italian church (Santa Maria , 1866),
an
Armenian Catholic
Armenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
church (Surp Boğos, 1885),
and an
Armenian Apostolic
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, a ...
church (Surp Hıripsimyants , 1886).
The Kara Kethüda Mosque dates from the 18th century.
The Spanish Summer Embassy building was originally built by Franciscan friars in grand
Neoclassical style and then donated to the Spanish government in 1783 so that Embassy staff would have someowhere to escape the intense heat of an Istanbul summer. Just as magnificent is the Russian Summer Embassy building which started life as a home for
Count Nikolay Ignatyev in 1840.
Overlooking the coast road the 18th-century
yalı
A yalı ( tr, yalı, from Greek ''yialí'' (mod. ''yialós''), literally "seashore, beach") is a house or mansion built right on the waterside (almost exclusively seaside, particularly on the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul) and usually built with ...
once owned by
Keçecizade Fuat Paşa, grand vizier to
Sultan Abdülaziz, is now a hotel.
Educational and State Institutions
There is a local primary school (Mehmet İpkin İlköğretim Okulu) here
as well as a vocational high school for girls (Sarıyer Kız Teknik ve Meslek Lisesi).
Sarıyer district municipality's income tax and fire departments are also based in Büyükdere.
![Sahil Güvenlik, İstanbul Büyükdere Feb 2014](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Sahil_G%C3%BCvenlik%2C_%C4%B0stanbul_B%C3%BCy%C3%BCkdere_Feb_2014.JPG)
The Regional Command of the
Turkish Coast Guard
The Coast Guard Command ( tr, ) is the coast guard service of Turkey. The Turkish Coast Guard is under the command of the Ministry of the Interior. However, during wartime some of its elements can be subordinated to Turkish Naval Forces by the ...
for the
Marmara Sea
The Sea of Marmara,; grc, Προποντίς, Προποντίδα, Propontís, Propontída also known as the Marmara Sea, is an inland sea located entirely within the borders of Turkey. It connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea via the B ...
and the
Turkish Straits is based at Büyükdere on a property. Its headquarters is housed in a hunting lodge built for
Mehmed VI
Mehmed VI Vahideddin ( ota, محمد سادس ''Meḥmed-i sâdis'' or ''Vaḥîdü'd-Dîn''; tr, VI. Mehmed or /; 14 January 1861 – 16 May 1926), also known as Şahbaba () among the Osmanoğlu family, was the 36th and last Sultan of the O ...
, the last sultan of the
Ottoman Empire
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.
Some vessels of the Coast Guard are docked at Büyükdere Pier.
Notable residents
*
Anastasia Georgiadou (1891–1939), Greek singer, best known as 'Deniz Kızı Eftalya' ('Efthalia the Mermaid').
*
Count Nikolay Ignatyev, Russian ambassador 1864-77
*
Keçecizade Fuat Paşa, 19th-century grand vizier
*
Vehbi Koç
Ahmet Vehbi Koç (20 July 1901 – 25 February 1996) was a Turkish entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Koç Holding, Koç Group, one of Turkey’s largest groups of companies. During his lifetime he came to be one of Turkey's wea ...
and his wife Sadberk Hanım
References
External links
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Sarıyer
Quarters in Istanbul