Kandilli 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 ...
,
Istanbul Province
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,
Turkey
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. Its population is 1,396 (2022).
It lies on the Asian bank of
Bosphorus
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and is home to some of Istanbul's in-city forests. The
Kandilli Anatolian High School for Girls () was one of the first girl's high schools in
Ottoman Turkey
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. The
Kandilli Observatory, a facility of
Boğaziçi University
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, is dedicated mostly to earthquake science. The
Kandilli Earthquake Museum is located within the campus.
The historical waterfront Vaniköy Mosque at , founded in honor of Vani Mehmet Efendi, an ethnic Kurdish
pasha
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from
Van, was built in 1670 during the
Ottoman period. The mosque was badly damaged by fire on 15 November 2020, caused by a short circuit.
References
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Neighbourhoods of Üsküdar