Balıklı (, pr. "Baluklí") is a quarter in

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. It belongs to the

Zeytinburnu Zeytinburnu (literally, ''Olive Cape'') is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 12 km2, and its population is 292,616 (2022). It is a working-class area on the European side of Istanbul, T ...

district, and is part of the Kazlıçeşme neighborhood. It is located along the

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, and borders Istanbul's walled city on the east, between the gates of

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and

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. Before the rapid increase of Istanbul's population in the 1970s, Balıklı was a rural quarter. The name of the quarter (''balikli'' in Turkish means "with fish", "place where there are fishes") Mamboury (1953), p. 208 comes from the fishes present in the fountain of

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(, ''hagiasma'', whence ) situated now in the complex of the Church of St. Mary of the Spring, an important

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sanctuary. Balikli Rum Hastanesi 2010-10-09 01

In the

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Period it was known as ''Pege'' (, meaning "Spring") per

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, always because of the same source.Janin (1964), p. 451-2 The quarter is characterized by the presence of several Muslim,

and

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n cemeteries, which until now give to it a country-like character. About one kilometer south of the church of St. Mary an important Greek hospital, the ''Balikli Rum Hastanesi Vakf'' (“ Balikli Greek Hospital Foundation”) and an

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Hospital, the ''Surp Pırgiç Ermeni Hastanesi'' are active.

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* * Zeytinburnu Quarters in Istanbul {{Istanbul-geo-stub