Yeniköy ( tr, Yeniköy, "New Village"; in Greek known as Neohorion ( el, Νεοχώριον) or Neohori ( el, Νεοχώρι) or Nihori ( el, Νιχώρι or Νηχώρι)), sometimes also referred to as ''Yeni Kioi'', is a neighbourhood in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is located on the European shores 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 A strait is an oceanic landform connecting two seas or two other large areas of water. The surface water generally flows at the same elevation on both sides and through the strait in either direction. Most commonly, it is a narrow ocean channe ...

, between the neighbourhoods of İstinye and

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, ...

General information

The settlement in the area began in the 16th century and became a prestigious place of residence in the 19th century. The ''Köybaşı Caddesi'' (Köybaşı Avenue) runs through the neighbourhood close to the Bosphorus shoreline. Nearby neighborhoods of ''Yalılar'', ''Bağlar Mevkii'', ''Kalender'', as well as sections of ''Ferahevler'' are considered within the borders of Yeniköy. Yeniköy was until the 1955 Istanbul pogrom a neighbourhood with a considerable Greek population as well as Armenian and Jewish communities. The Surp Asdvadzadzin Armenian church and the

Yeniköy Synagogue Yeniköy Synagogue is a synagogue located along the northern part of the Bosphorus in the Yeniköy neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey. The synagogue, said to have been built by Abraham Salomon Camondo in the late 19th century, has been rejuvenated ...

survive to this day.

Notable buildings and sites

The suburb is home to several exclusive

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 ...

houses that used to be owned by the prominent figures of the Ottoman era. The small Osman Reis mosque was built by Alexander Vallaury in 1904 on the site of a 17th-century mosque. Vallaury also designed the

of Ahmed Afif Pasha behind it, where

Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictiona ...

stayed as a guest in 1933 while writing '' Murder on the Orient Express''. There are several Christian churches in the neighbourhood. The Greek Orthodox church of Dormition of the Mother of God (Panayia Kumariotisa Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi, Koybaşı Cad. No. 108) was built in 1837 at the request of Sultan Mahmud II′s personal physician Stefanos Karatheodori ( el, Στέφανος Καραθεοδωρής). His and his son

Alexander Karatheodori Pasha Alexander Karatheodori Pasha ( el, Αλέξανδρος Καραθεοδωρής; 1833–1906) was an Ottoman Greek statesman and diplomat. He was involved in diplomatic affairs following the aftermath of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78. ...

′s tombstones are next to the wooden bell tower west of the church.

Education

Yeniköy is served by ''Yeniköy İlkokulu'' and ''Yeniköy Mehmetçik İlköğretim Okulu'' as its main primary and middle education centers respectively.

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 bo ...

has its Yeniköy campus there.

Notable people

Peter the Byzantine Peter the Byzantine ( fl. 1770 – 1808), also known as Petros Byzantios (Greek: ''Πέτρος Βυζάντιος''), and "the Fugitive", was a Greek composer and scribe. A pupil of Peter the Peloponnesian, he served the Ecumenical Patriarchat ...

, who served the

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...

as Domestikos,

Lambadarios A lampadarius, plural ''Lampadarii'', from the Latin ''lampada'', from Ancient Greek "lampas" λαμπάς (candle), was a slave who carried torches before consuls, emperors and other officials of high dignity both during the later Roman Republi ...

, and Arch-cantor was born here. The Egyptian Greek poet

Constantine Cavafy Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Πέτρου Καβάφης ; April 29 (April 17, OS), 1863 – April 29, 1933), known, especially in English, as Constantine P. Cavafy and often published as C. P. Cavafy (), was a Gre ...

lived here together with his parents in 1882–1885 as an adolescent; his bust is in the yard of the Panagia church. In his poem "Nichori" ( el, Το Nιχώρι) (1885), he praises the place.Το Nιχώρι
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