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Burhaniye, Üsküdar
Burhaniye is a neighborhood in the municipality and district of Üsküdar, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 16,438 (2022). It is on the Asian side of Istanbul. Burhaniye is mostly a residential neighborhood, with few historic houses and buildings. It is bordered on the north by Beylerbeyi and Küplüce, on the east by Kısıklı, on the south by Küçükçamlıca, and on the west by Altunizade and Kuzguncuk. The Otoyol 1 highway runs along the western border of the neighborhood. The neighborhood was settled by refugees from the 1876 April Uprising in Bulgaria and was first known as Muhacir Köyü (Refugee Village). The neighborhood takes its present name from the Burhaniye Mosque, built in 1902 by Sultan Abdul Hamid II for his son Burhanettin Efendi. In addition to the Burhaniye Mosque, mosques in the neighborhood include Oğuzhan Mosque, Akabe Mosque, and Polis Evleri Mosque. Schools in the neighborhood include Burhaniye Elementary School, Nursen Fuat Özdayı El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altunizade
Altunizade is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Üsküdar, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 13,459 (2022). It is located on the Asian side of the city. The location takes its name from Altunizade İsmail Zühtü Pasha (1806–1887), a wealthy civil servant in the Ottoman Empire, who established the settlement in an utmost area on the Anatolian part of Istanbul in the 19th century. "Altunizade" means gold trader in the Ottoman Turkish language. Education Following universities maintain campuses in Altunizade: Istanbul 29 Mayıs University, Istanbul Şehir University, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, and Üsküdar University. Places of interest Places of interest in the neighborhood are Altunizade Mosque, Capitol Shopping Center and Altunizade Acıbadem hastanesi Transport The motorway Otoyol 1 runs just northeast of the neighborhood connecting the Bosphorus Bridge with Kadıköy Kadıköy () is a munic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Hamid II
Abdulhamid II or Abdul Hamid II (; ; 21 September 184210 February 1918) was the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1876 to 1909, and the last sultan to exert effective control over the fracturing state. He oversaw a Decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire, period of decline with rebellions (particularly in the Balkans), and presided over Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878), an unsuccessful war with the Russian Empire (1877–78), the loss of Anglo-Egyptian War, Egypt, Cyprus Convention, Cyprus, Congress of Berlin, Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, French conquest of Tunisia, Tunisia, and Convention of Constantinople (1881), Thessaly from Ottoman control (1877–1882), followed by a successful Greco-Turkish War (1897), war against Greece in 1897, though Ottoman gains were tempered by subsequent Western European intervention. Elevated to power in the wake of Young Ottomans, Young Ottoman 1876 Ottoman coup d'état, coups, he promulgated the Constitution of the Ottoman Empire, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
