Küçükbakkalköy is a

neighborhood A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, ...

in the

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Ataşehir Ataşehir is a district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is located at the junction of the O-2 and O-4 motorways on the Anatolian (Asian) side of Istanbul. Its neighbours are the districts of Ümraniye to the north, Sancaktepe to the northeast, Ma ...

on the Asian side of

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. 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

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neighborhood. The name ''Küçükbakkalköy'' means "little grocery village." The name is said to come from the market held in the

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village that formerly existed there. The neighborhood was referred to as Pakal-kioi (Πακαλ-κιοι) on a Greek tombstone dated 1875 in a cemetery in the neighborhood. The neighborhood is said to date from

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times, with the neighborhood's Acısu Çeşmesi ("bitter water fountain") thought to be part of an old ayazma. Küçükbakkalköy is one of the historic

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(Gypsy) neighborhoods of Istanbul, along with

Sulukule Sulukule (literally: "Water tower") is a historic quarter in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is within the area of Istanbul’s historic peninsula, adjacent to the western part of the city walls. The area has historically been occupied ...

Selamsız Selamsız is a quarter in Üsküdar district on the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey. It corresponds more or less to the current officially recognized neighborhoods of Selamiali and Muratreis. These neighborhoods are bounded on the north by Sulta ...

Çürüklük Çürüklük is a small neighborhood in Kasımpaşa in the Beyoğlu municipality on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. The word ''çürüklük'' means "rottenness," "garbage dump," or "graveyard for executed criminals and paupers." The area i ...

Tophane Tophane () is a quarter in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, running downhill from Galata to the shore of the Bosphorus where it joins up with Karaköy to the southwest and Fındıklı to the northeast. In the Ottoman era, it was t ...

, Çayırboyu, and Lonca. In 2006, there were reported to be 240 Romani households in the neighborhood.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.

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İstanbul Şehir Rehberi. URL: http://sehirrehberi.ibb.gov.tr {{DEFAULTSORT:Kucukbakkalkoy Neighbourhoods of Ataşehir