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Yalıköy, Beykoz
Yalıköy is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Beykoz, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 5,107 (2022). It lies by the Anatolian/Asian side of the Bosphorus Strait. The name is a combination of two words: ''yalı'' ("waterside house" in Greek) and ''köy'' ("village" in Turkish). Yalıköy is known for its historic wooden Ottoman style houses overlooking the waters of the Bosphorus. A skyscraper skyline can be seen across on the other side of the Bosphorus, the business district of Maslak. People of Greek, Turkish, Albanian, and Armenian origin used to live in the area. A fishing community thrives on the coast of Yalıköy. People from Yalıköy, Beykoz Some notable people from the neighborhood are: * Hacı Osman Efendi * Olcayto Kardeşler *Orhan Veli Kanık * Ahmet Mithat Efendi * İlhan Yavrucuoğlu *Burhan Önal Burhan (, ) is an Arabic male name, an epithet of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. It is especially popular in Turkey, as it respects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosphorus
The Bosporus or Bosphorus Strait ( ; , colloquially ) is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul, Turkey. The Bosporus connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and forms one of the continental boundary between Asia and Europe, boundaries between Asia and Europe. It also divides Turkey by separating Anatolia, Asia Minor from East Thrace, Thrace. It is the world's narrowest strait used for international waterway, international navigation. Most of the shores of the Bosporus Strait, except for the area to the north, are heavily settled, with the city of Istanbul's metropolitan area, metropolitan population of 17 million inhabitants extending inland from both banks. The Bosporus Strait and the Dardanelles Strait at the opposite end of the Sea of Marmara are together known as the Turkish Straits. Sections of the shore of the Bosporus in Istanbul have been reinforced with concrete or rubble and those sections of the strait prone t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish People
Turks (), or Turkish people, are the largest Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group, comprising the majority of the population of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. They generally speak the various Turkish dialects. In addition, centuries-old Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire, ethnic Turkish communities still exist across other former territories of the Ottoman Empire. Article 66 of the Constitution of Turkey defines a ''Turk'' as anyone who is a citizen of the Turkish state. While the legal use of the term ''Turkish'' as it pertains to a citizen of Turkey is different from the term's ethnic definition, the majority of the Turkish population (an estimated 70 to 75 percent) are of Turkish ethnicity. The vast majority of Turks are Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslims, with a notable minority practicing Alevism. The ethnic Turks can therefore be distinguished by a number of cultural and regional variants, but do not function as separate ethnic groups. In particular, the culture of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burhan Önal
Burhan (, ) is an Arabic male name, an epithet of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. It is especially popular in Turkey, as it respects Turkish vowel harmony and the end syllable "-han" can be interpreted as the Turkish variant of "Khan". Origin Given name * Burhan Ali, self-declared Shah of Shirvan * Burhan Nizam Shah II (ruled 1591–1595), the ruler of Ahmadnagar in the Deccan * Burhan G (born 1983), Danish R&B and pop singer, songwriter and producer of Kurdish-Turkish origin * Burhan Alankuş (born 1950), Turkish alpine skier * Burhan Atak (1905–1987), Turkish footballer * Burhan Asaf Belge (1899–1967), served as the representative of Muğla province during the 11th term of Turkish National Assembly * Burhan Al-Chalabi (born 1947), British-Iraqi writer and political commentator * Burhan Conkeroğlu (1903–2001), Turkish wrestler * Burhan Dajani (1921–2000), Palestinian academic and economist * Burhan Doğançay (1929–2013), Turkish-American painter and photograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ä°lhan YavrucuoÄŸlu
İlhan is a Turkish male given name and a surname. It is also used as a feminine given name. Notable with the name include: Given name * İlhan Eker (born 1983), Turkish footballer * İlhan İrem (1955–2022), Turkish singer * İlhan Koman (1921–1986), Turkish sculptor * İlhan Mansız (born 1975), Turkish football player * İlhan Mimaroğlu (1926–2012), Turkish composer * Ilhan Omar (born 1982), American politician * İlhan Onat (1929–2013), Turkish chess player * İlhan Parlak (born 1987), Turkish footballer * İlhan Şeşen (1948–2025), Turkish musician, songwriter, and actor * İlhan Usmanbaş (1921–2025), Turkish composer Surname * Adem Ilhan (born 1977), Turkish-English musician * Attilâ İlhan (1925–2005), Turkish poet * Çolpan İlhan (1936–2014), Turkish cinema and theatre actress * John Ilhan (1965–2007), Australian businessman * Marsel İlhan (born 1987), Turkish tennis player * Müfide İlhan (1911–1996), Turkish mayor See also * *Emirhan İlkhan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmet Mithat Efendi
Ahmet Mithat (c. 1844 – 28 December 1912) was an Ottoman journalist, author, translator and publisher during the Tanzimat period. In scholarship, he is typically referred to as Ahmet Mithat Efendi to distinguish him from the contemporary politician Midhat Pasha; Ahmet Mithat took on his second name "Mithat" while working for Midhat Pasha as an official and newspaper editor in the Vilayet of the Danube. Politically, his orientation was more conservative, compared to writers such as Namık Kemal. He was a prolific writer, more than 250 of his works have survived. From 1878 he published a newspaper entitled '' Tercüman-ı Hakikat'' (Interpreter of Truth). Before that he was one of the contributors of '' Basiret'', a newspaper published between 1870 and 1879. His editorship and publication of Olga Lebedeva's translations of Russian literature into Turkish served as an introduction of Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Tolstoy pronounced his first name as , which cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orhan Veli Kanık
Orhan Veli Kanık or Orhan Veli (13 April 1914 – 14 November 1950) was a Turkish poet. He was one of the founders of the Garip Movement together with Oktay Rıfat and Melih Cevdet. Life Childhood and education Orhan Veli Kanık was born at number 9 Çayır Alley on the Ä°shak AÄŸa Climb in Yalıköy Beykoz, on 13 April 1914. His father, Mehmet Veli, was the son of Fehmi Bey, a merchant from Smyrna, and his mother was Fatma Nigar, Hacı Ahmet Bey's daughter from Beykoz. Veli spent his childhood years in Beykoz, BeÅŸiktaÅŸ and Cihangir. He graduated from high school in 1932. He was enrolled in the philosophy chair of Istanbul University's Department of Literature. In 1933 he was elected the president of the Department of Literature Students' Association. He dropped out of the university in 1935 without obtaining his degree. He continued with his teacher's assistant position at the Galatasaray High School for another year after dropping out of college. Later life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olcayto KardeÅŸler
Olcayto is a masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish "Olcayto" means "Luck", and/or "Lucky". Olcayto is the masculine version of "Olcay" which is a feminine Turkish given name (although it has been used as a male given name as well, as in footballer Olcay Şahan's name for instance). Notable people and characters named Olcayto include: People * Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz, Turkish singer, lyricist and composer, member of the group Nazar at Eurovision Song Contest 1978 * Olcayto (1280–1316), eighth Ilkhanid dynasty ruler in Iran from 1304 to 1316 * Gazanfer Olcayto, football player for Mersin İdmanyurdu Fictional characters * Olcayto, protagonist of 1977 film '' Hakanlar Çarpışıyor'' See also * Öljaitü Öljaitü, also known as Mohammad-e Khodabandeh (24 March 1282 – 16 December 1316), was the eighth Ilkhanid dynasty ruler from 1304 to 1316 in Tabriz, Iran. His name 'Öjaitü' means 'blessed' in the Mongolian language and his last name 'Khod ... {{given name Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hacı Osman Efendi
Hacı is the Turkish spelling of the title and epithet Hajji. It may refer to: People * Hacı I Giray (died 1466), founder and the first ruler of the Crimean Khanate * Hacı Ahmet ( 1566), purported Turkish cartographer * Hacı Arap Yaman (born 1965), Turkish carom billiards player * Hacı Arif Bey (1831–1885), Turkish composer * Hacı Arif Örgüç (1876–1940), Ottoman and Turkish military officer * Hacı Bayram-ı Veli (1352–1430), Turkish poet * Hacı Halil Efendi (died 1821), Ottoman Sheikh ul-Islam * Hacı İlbey ( 1305–1371), Ottoman military commander * Hacı İvaz Mehmet Pasha (died 1743), Ottoman grand vizier * Hacı Karay (1950–1994), Turkish drug trafficker * Hacı Mehmet Zorlu (1919–2005), Turkish businessman * Hacı Ömer Sabancı (1906–1966), Turkish entrepreneur, founder of Sabancı Holding ** Hacı Sabancı (1935–1998), Turkish businessman, his son * Hacı Pasha ( 1348–1349), Ottoman grand vizier See also * Hacı, İpsala * Hajji (name) Hajji ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yalıköy, Istanbul
Yalıköy, formerly Podima, is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Çatalca, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,484 (2022). Located at the Black Sea coast, it is a seaside resort with a sand beach. Current mukhtar is Fehmi Kaçar. Yalıköy was historically a Greek town named Potima. During the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923 that followed the Greco-Turkish War (1919–22), around 60 Turkish families from Greece were settled in the homes of exchanged Greeks. Yalıköy is a coastal town surrounded on three sides by woods of the Strandzha mountain massif. Its sandy beach attracts tourists. The main economy of the village is forestry and fishing. A local production facility of Şişecam mines silicon as raw material for the glass industry. Another local facility operated by the State Hydraulic Works (DSİ) use Yalıköy sand in water purification. The Çilingoz Nature Park, which offers camping and outdoor recreation activities, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian People
Armenians (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to the Armenian highlands of West Asia.Robert Hewsen, Hewsen, Robert H. "The Geography of Armenia" in ''The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times Volume I: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiquity to the Fourteenth Century''. Richard G. Hovannisian (ed.) New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997, pp. 1–17 Armenians constitute the main demographic group in Armenia and constituted the main population of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh until their Flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians, subsequent flight due to the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, 2023 Azerbaijani offensive. There is a large Armenian diaspora, diaspora of around five million people of Armenian ancestry living outside the Republic of Armenia. The largest Armenian populations exist in Armenians in Russia, Russia, the Armenian Americans, United States, Armenians in France, France, Armenians in Georgia, Georgia, Iranian Armenians, Iran, Armenians in Germany, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanian People
The Albanians are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, Albanian culture, culture, Albanian history, history and Albanian language, language. They are the main ethnic group of Albania and Kosovo, and they also live in the neighboring countries of Albanians in North Macedonia, North Macedonia, Albanians in Montenegro, Montenegro, Albanians in Greece, Greece, and Albanians in Serbia, Serbia, as well as in Albanians in Italy, Italy, Albanians in Croatia, Croatia, Albanians in Bulgaria, Bulgaria, and Albanians in Turkey, Turkey. Albanians also constitute a large diaspora with several communities established across Europe and the other continents. Albanian language, The language of the Albanians is an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid, Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan languages, Paleo-Balkan group. Albanians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek People
Greeks or Hellenes (; , ) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Albania, Anatolia, parts of Italy and Egypt, and to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. They also form a significant diaspora (), with many Greek communities established around the world.. Greek colonies and communities have been historically established on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, but the Greek people themselves have always been centered on the Aegean and Ionian seas, where the Greek language has been spoken since the Bronze Age.. Until the early 20th century, Greeks were distributed between the Greek peninsula, the western coast of Asia Minor, the Black Sea coast, Cappadocia in central Anatolia, Egypt, the Balkans, Cyprus, and Constantinople. Many of these regions coincided to a large extent with the borders of the Byzantine Empire of the late 11th century and the Eastern Mediterranean areas of ancient Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
