Paşabahçe is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of
Beykoz,
Istanbul Province,
Turkey. Its population is 3,717 (2022).
It is located on the
Anatolian side 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 ...
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Paşabahçe is a remote settlement in Istanbul. The village was once inhabited only by non-Muslims.
Grand vizier
Grand vizier ( fa, وزيرِ اعظم, vazîr-i aʾzam; ota, صدر اعظم, sadr-ı aʾzam; tr, sadrazam) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. The office of Grand Vizier was first ...
Hezarpare Ahmed Pasha
Tezkereci Ahmed Pasha (died 8 August 1648), better known as Hezarpare Ahmed Pasha after his death, was an Ottoman grand vizier and defterdar (finance minister).
Early life
Ahmed was a son of a professional soldier of probable Albanian origin. ...
(in office 1647–1648) built here a palace-like mansion with a wide yard. Hence the name "Paşabahçe", literally "Pasha's Yard". Later, Sultan
Mustafa III
Mustafa III (; ''Muṣṭafā-yi sālis''; 28 January 1717 – 21 January 1774) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774. He was a son of Sultan Ahmed III (1703–30), and his consort Mihrişah Kadın. He was succeeded by his ...
(r. 1757-1753) built a school, a mosque, a hamam (Turkish bath) and a fountain in the location, and settled Muslim Turks around the buildings. Even though the Christian population declined over the time, it did not disappear completely. In 1894, a
Greek Orthodox church named Agios Konstantinos was built. There is also a
holy well ( tr, ayazma from gr, ἁγίασμα, hagiasm). In the 19th century, there were seven
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 ...
s, waterfront mansions, one mosque, two churches, two bakeries, one mill and a
fishing weir. During this period, workshops for glassware, porcelain ware and candle production. The foundation of an
alcohol factory
Distillation, or classical distillation, is the process of separating the components or substances from a liquid mixture by using selective boiling and condensation, usually inside an apparatus known as a still. Dry distillation is the heati ...
in 1922 and a glassware factory in 1934 contributed to the rapid increase of the population in the settlement.
Situated at a bay, Paşabahçe features public parks and restaurants at the seashore. It is popular recreational place for residents of Istanbul.
The MS Paşabahçe, which bears this name, is a passenger ship that has been operated by
city passenger ferry lines company "Şehir Hatları".
on multiple passenger ferry routes in the Sea of Marmara since 1952.
The name of the place has become a trade mark as "
Paşabahçe" for glassware products.
References
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Neighbourhoods of Beykoz
Bosphorus