Paşaköy is a former

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village in

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, now a neighborhood (''

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'') in the district of

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neighborhood of Ömerli; on the east by Lake Ömerli and the

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neighborhood of Kurtdoğmuş; on the south by Lake Ömerli and the Pendik neighborhood of Kurtdoğmuş and then by the

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neighborhood of

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; and on the west by the Sancaktepe neighborhoods of

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and Hilal and the Çekmeköy neighborhood of Nişantepe.

Notable features

Notable features of Paşaköy include * the Paşaköy Greek Cave, reportedly used by Greek armed bands ('' çete'') and bandits ('' eşkıya'') during the

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* the Paşaköy Wastewater Treatment Plants * Lake Ömerli, the reservoir behind Ömerli Dam * the Sefer Usta Mansion, an abandoned house partially submerged in Lake Ömerli

History

In the Ottoman era, Paşaköy was a Greek village, similar to

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and Küçükbakkalköy. During the Turkish War of Independence, the people of the village suffered violence. For example, in April 1919, armed bands kidnapped people from Paşaköy and forced the rest of the villagers to flee; in the same month, again a band raided the village, robbed and beat the people, and kidnapped them. In September 1919, a Paşaköy notable, Dem. Parnjis, was founded murdered; because of the murder and frequent raids, those remaining in the village fled. During the 1923 Population Exchange between Greece and Turkey, 349 Muslims from

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were settled in Paşaköy.

References

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