Altunizade is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

Üsküdar Üsküdar () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 35 km2, and its population is 524,452 (2022). It is a large and densely populated district on the Anatolian (Asian) shore of the Bosphorus. It is border ...

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. 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 The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

, who established the settlement in an utmost area on the Anatolian part of Istanbul in the 19th century. "Altunizade" means gold trader in the

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Education

Following universities maintain campuses in Altunizade:

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Istanbul Şehir University Istanbul Şehir University () was a private, non-profit university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was established in 2008 by the ''Bilim ve Sanat Vakfı'' (''BiSaV'' or ''BSV'', ). The university started its education in the academic year of 2 ...

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Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University () is a Turkish private higher-education institution established by "İlim Yayma Vakfı" (literally: Foundation for the Propagation of Science) on April 24, 2010. Classes at the university began in the 2011� ...

, and

Üsküdar University Üsküdar University is a foundation university established in 2011 in Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey by the Human Values and Mental Health Foundation under the leadership of Prof. Nevzat Tarhan, who served as the president. The law concerning th ...

Places of interest

Places of interest in the neighborhood are Altunizade Mosque,

Capitol Shopping Center Capitol Shopping Centre (), opened in 1993 in Altunizade neighbourhood of Üsküdar, is the first modern big shopping mall on the Asian part of Istanbul, Turkey. Built on 6 floors and covering an area of 73,000 m2, the shopping complex hous ...

and Altunizade Acıbadem hastanesi

Transport

The motorway

Otoyol 1 Otoyol 1 (), abbreviated as O-1 and locally referred to as The First Beltway (), is a controlled access highway in Istanbul, Turkey. The O-1 serves as the inner beltway and is one of three intercontinental motorways in the city, the others being t ...

runs just northeast of the neighborhood connecting the

Bosphorus Bridge The Bosphorus Bridge (), known officially as the 15 July Martyrs Bridge () and colloquially as the First Bridge (), is the oldest and southernmost of the three suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus strait (Turkish: ''Boğaziçi'') in Ist ...

with

Kadıköy Kadıköy () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district on the Asian side of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 25 km2, and its population is 467,919 (2023). It is a large and populous area in the Asian si ...

. A number of İETT city bus lines and bus rapid transsit Metrobus line serve Altunizade. Also M-5 Subway runs in Altunizade.

References

{{Üsküdar Neighbourhoods of Üsküdar